The thumbposition practice material offered here is divided into three types:
- slower doublestopped material (including arpeggios across the strings)
- stepwise flowing, single-note (no doublestops) material, suitable for practice at all speeds
- repertoire excerpts in one position
1: SLOWER DOUBLESTOPS
We will start with the doublestopped material because this is absolutely the best and most fundamental material for establishing the basic comfort, strength and security of our left hand in any position on the cello fingerboard (see here for a more detailed explanation as to why this is). Click on the following link to open up the different pages that take us to this material:
Thumbposition: Doublestops In One Position (No Shifts): EXERCISES
 Thumbposition: Doublestopped Arpeggios In One Position: EXERCISES
2: FLOWING SINGLE-NOTE EXERCISES
These are based on an original ingenious exercise devised by Paul Tortelier. They can be played either quite fast, as fast flowing articulation exercises, or more slowly as the most basic hand-position exercises:
Most Basic Single-Note Thumb Position Exercises
3: REPERTOIRE EXCERPTS
Repertoire Excerpts in One Position: WITH NO 1b
Repertoire Excerpts in One Position: WITH 1b