My Top Students (what they do)

Here are the top traits and characteristics that I notice in my students when they are making rapid progress on the cello. To be clear, when I say "top students," I don't simply mean my most advanced students. I'm talking about the periods of time in my students' journeys when they suddenly shift gears and start making even faster progress.

My goal with this video is to provide you with a launching point for analyzing your own approach to your cello journey. For adult learners, developing the right attitude and mental approach is just as important as acquiring the actual knowledge of cello technique.

All of these traits are trainable, and needed, you change your approach to practice and learning today!

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Billy Tobenkin is a Los Angeles-based cellist who specializes in teaching adult learners. As a professional cellist who started playing the cello from scratch at 25, he is in a unique position to help others, like him, who found the cello later in life. He has developed strategies from his own musical journey to accelerate the learning process, and he is here to share them with you.

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00:00 Intro
2:13 #1 Focused practice
5:20 #2 Flexible goals
7:35 #3 Flexibility with principles
9:34 #4 "Don't care..."
12:57 #5 Music theory