| Musicianship skills such as tonal understanding and music reading do not develop without deliberate training and practice aside from work focused on instrumental technique and repertoire. While these musicianship skills are addressed in sightsinging and aural skills curricula, most cello students do not have access such teaching until college, if ever. The use of variable learning principles in the study of tonal grammar at the instrument---scales, chords, arpeggios---may make learning slower but also broader and deeper and of more use to the student of any level. |
