🎶 Start your 14-day free trial & unlock the full course today. Start Free Trial →
tonebase Cello Course

Eccles -

Sonata in G minor

Taught by renowned cellist

Amit Peled

The Eccles sonata is a common beginner piece, but it’s also one that Amit Peled has revisited in recent years during his tours with Pablo Casals’s cello. Despite its apparent simplicity, we must treat every phrase as if it were in the Dvořák concerto. In this lesson, Peled applies the principles from his Ten Commandments course and leads a scholarly discussion on phrasing, poetry, and technique.

  • checkmark icon
    Category: 
    Repertoire
  • checkmark icon
    Difficulty: 
    Beginner-Intermediate
  • checkmark icon
    Duration: 
    1
     hours 
     hour

Course Syllabus

I. Grave

The first movement is a great opportunity to practice verbalizing each of Peled’s ten commandments. For this lesson, he provides some backstory on how he came to learn this piece and discusses how to pace yourself during this short but climactic movement.

II. Courante

The Courante is highly emotionally charged, and asks us to balance speaking with singing. Peled demonstrates how he uses the hand and elbow to achieve this and shares ideas for practice exercises.

III. Adagio

In his lesson on the Adagio, Peled introduces the idea of “pillar notes,” where the cello is particularly sensitive to sympathetic resonance. He applies this idea to the piece and demonstrates how he incorporates color and vibrato.

IV. Vivace

Finally, the Vivace movement is a lesson in thumb position. Peled explains how Boccherini first popularized the use of the thumb to remain in fixed positions and how he applies this to the Eccles.

Click here to download the course workbook PDF and see the full syllabus →
Access this course and hundreds more.

Click below to access hundreds of exclusive cello courses, available only on tonebase.

Unlock Course →
meet YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Amit Peled

Amit Peled is admired as both performer and teacher. He serves on the faculty of the Peabody Institute.

read full bio →
explore our courses

Join tonebase today to unlock this course plus 100s more!

Preview our curated selection of courses below. With lessons covering fundamentals, technical training, style and interpretation, you won't find a more thorough and enriching learning experience anywhere else.

preview
play-button-icon
Playing The Cello

with Richard Aaron

preview
play-button-icon
Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 (Bach)

with Mischa Maisky

preview
play-button-icon
The Ten Cello Commandments

with Amit Peled

preview
play-button-icon
Playing Without Tension

with Jan Vogler

preview
play-button-icon
Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129 (Schumann)

with Pablo Ferrández

preview
play-button-icon
How to Shift Cleanly

with Julian Schwarz

preview
play-button-icon
Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Bach)

with Matt Haimovitz

preview
play-button-icon
The Art of the Bow

with Astrid Schween

preview
play-button-icon
The Ultimate Cello Warm-Up Routine

with Daniel Lelchuk

preview
play-button-icon
Variations On A Rococo Theme

with Johannes Moser

preview
play-button-icon
Essentials of Cello Playing

with Sara Sant’Ambrogio

preview
play-button-icon
Concerto No. 1 in C Major (Haydn)

with Santiago Cañón-Valencia

See what fellow cellists are saying.

Our members rate us at 4.8/5 stars. Here’s how a few of them transformed their piano skills since joining tonebase.  

“Instead of scouring the internet for hours for performance tips and tricks, I now have access to a wealth of high-quality content from renowned artists at my fingertips!“

Omid S.

joined Sep. 2022

“Sincerely speaking, a few months with tonebase help me solve many issues I have had with my fingers for years if not decades.“

Giao P.

joined Mar. 2021

“We [in the community] all give each other wonderful, positive feedback. The teachers also give incredibly detailed ways that we can improve our playing."

Eric P.

joined Apr. 2020

Ready to begin learning?

Start your 14-day free trial today!

All plans include:
  • checkmark icon
    Unlimited access for 14-day free trial
  • checkmark icon
    Full 90-day satisfaction guarantee
  • checkmark icon
    Access to 100s of video lessons & courses
  • checkmark icon
    Structured & guided course content
  • checkmark icon
    Free PDF workbooks & annotated scores
  • checkmark icon
    Feedback from our active Community
  • checkmark icon
    Bonus: The Ultimate Practice Toolkit

Monthly

$
49.95
/mo
Billed monthly
Give tonebase a try with our Monthly plan. Cancel anytime or upgrade your plan later when you find it’s a good fit.
Select Monthly
Best Value - save 50%

Yearly

$
24.95
/mo
Billed at $299 yearly
Make music your priority for the next 365 days and save BIG with our most popular plan. You’ll be amazed what a year with tonebase can do…
Select Yearly

Lifetime

$
895
/once
Billed just once
Ready to invest in your future education? Get our Lifetime plan and gain full, unlimited access to tonebase for life!
Select Lifetime