LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS:
Ashley Bathgate (member of Bang on a Can All-Stars)
Stephan Braun (jazz cellist from Berlin)
Rushad Eggleston (rhythm goblin from the Land of Sneth)
Rufus Cappadocia (African cello specialist)
Erik Friedlander (modern jazz cellist with John Zorn’s Masada Trio)
Eugene Friesen (GRAMMY-winning multi-style cellist)
Natalie Haas (Celtic cellist with Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser)
Giovanni Sollima (cellist/composer from Italy)
Mark Summer (GRAMMY-winning founder of Turtle Island Quartet)
Jacob Szekely (jazz cellist and educator at String Project Los Angeles)
Matt Turner (jazz cellist and educator at Lawrence University)
Jeffrey Zeigler (former member of the Kronos Quartet)
Mike Block (GRAMMY-winning member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble)
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Foreword, by Yo-Yo Ma
Preface
Acknowledgment
1. “Nice Tuxedo” by Mike Block: 3:2 Polyrhythm • Aeolian Mode • Improvisation
2. “Cradle Song” by Stephan Braun: Fingerstyle Pizzicato
3. “Kill the Bugs!” by Mike Block: Chopping • Improvisation
4. “Slap” by Eugene Friesen: Pizzicato • Percussion
5. “Don’t Ever Rush!” by Mike Block: 2:3 Polyrhythm • Phrygian Mode • Improvisation
6. “Krakow” by Stephan Braun: Chopping
7. “The Investigator” by Natalie Haas: Celtic Style • Melody • Ornaments
8. “The Reformer” by Natalie Haas: Celtic Style • Rhythm • Chords
9. “I Need to Go Outside” by Mike Block: 3:4 Polyrhythm • Mixolydian Mode • Improvisation
10. “Bilateral Coordination” by Erik Friedlander: Coordination • Warm-up Routine
11. “In the Witching Hour” by Rushad Eggleston: Rhythm • Chords • Chopping
12. “I Won’t Ever Love You” by Mike Block: 4:3 Polyrhythm • Locrian Mode • Improvisation
13. “Bibi’s Blues” by Mark Summer: Jazz Style and Vocabulary • Bowing
14. “The Chicken” by Mike Block: Singing While Playing Rhythmically • Chopping
Low Voice Version
High Voice Version
15. “Polyphony Utopia” by Giovanni Sollima: Four-Part Harmony with Two Bows
16. “My Toy City” by Stephan Braun: Chopping • Tapping • Coordination • Improvisation
17. “Prelude to a Dream” by Mike Block: Fingerstyle Pizzicato
18. “Gaucher” by Rufus Cappadocia: Rhythm • Percussion • Afro-Latin Style
19. “I’ll Never Clean My Clothes Again!” by Mike Block: 4:5 Polyrhythm • Dorian Mode • Improvisation
20. “Going Home” by Mike Block: Singing While Playing Harmonization
Low Voice Version
High Voice Version
21. “Bebop Bowing” by Matt Turner: Jazz Style and Vocabulary • Bowing
22. “I’ll Escape the Spinning Planet!” by Mike Block: 5:4 Polyrhythm • Lydian Mode • Improvisation
23. “The Blue Danube in Budapest” by Mike Block: Pizzicato • Improvisation
24. “A Cat’s Front Door” by Rushad Eggleston: Rhythm • Chords • Chopping
25. “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8!!” by Ashley Bathgate: Alternating Polyrhythms
26. “The Rake” by Jacob Szekely: Pizzicato • Funk Style • Rhythm
27. “Caribounteney County” by Rushad Eggleston: Rhythm • Chords • Chopping
28. “Mirrors” by Jeffrey Zeigler: Electronic Looping • Improvisation
About the Contributing Composers
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