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Hello, my name is Ilona and I live in Finland. I’m 38 years old and play the cello. I have tried also violin but cello definitely is my thing.
I found this place when I was searching some tips to learn something new. Actually i found the Game of thrones group project first, and after that this forum. (And of course I joined to that project!)
It’s a little bit difficult to say how long I have played cello. My daughter started 5 years ago and that was when I first time touched cello. Of course her cello was too small for me, but I practiced with it anyway.
In January this year I decided I need regular lessons if I really want to learn something, so I made a deal about weekly lessons with my daughters teacher. I also started #100daysofpractice challenge. (So fun and VERY effective to practice every day. Results were huge!)
Then covid-19 came and ruined it all... Well, not all but I haven’t had lessons after that, so I’m again in that situation I need to figure it all out by myself. Luckily I got good advices before that.
So I’m here and allready found the place where to discuss about learning the cello. I will read posts and hopefully find something that can help me.
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Welcome to the site, Ilona from Finland! I looks forward to sharing cello tips, and cello stories with you!
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The movie The Billion Dollar Brain contains cello playing in Finland. Enjoy!
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Welcome Ilona.
cello is a wonderful instrument .
the left hand technique is however different from that used to play the violin and viola.
But one day probably ,I would make the step and the effort to learn to play this instrument
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Thanks for the introduction.
I'm glad that you found the project and even more so that you participated.
Glad to have you here. Now that you reminded me, I need to give you a badge for your participation in the project. 😁
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Hi Ilona!
I love Finnish folk music.
Do you have any personal favorites?
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Thank you all! I’m so happy I found this forum. I feel like everyone here are very nice and helpful 😊
@ELCBK, I don’t listen so much folk music but I like Värttinä, which is maybe the best known Finnish folk music group. For example <a href="
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