The Bach Cello Suite No. 2 Study Book - PDF Download

Want to learn Bach’s Second Suite for Solo Cello without feeling overwhelmed by the technique?

Are you looking to improve your intonation, shifting, and trills — or are you preparing the Suite for an audition or performance? This book can help.

The Bach Cello Suite No. 2 Study Book offers a clear, supportive path through the entire Suite, guiding you several measures at a time with carefully designed technical exercises.

This book focuses on the most important challenges of the Suite, including:
• playing securely in tune
• shifting smoothly and accurately
• developing clean, confident trills
• building technical ease in expressive passages

By isolating and strengthening these skills within the music itself, this study book helps you develop a solid, dependable technique — making it easier to focus on shaping your own interpretation.

Features:
• Exercises covering every measure of the Suite
• Written entirely in bass clef
• Uses first through fourth position
• Suitable for intermediate, advanced, and professional cellists
• Adult-learner friendly and non-intimidating

Whether you are returning to Bach after years away or preparing the Suite at a high level, this book provides a calm, methodical, and dependable approach to building confidence and freedom in Bach’s Cello Suite No. 2.

Play-along tracks and additional learning resources are available here!

Note: this is a PDF download of the book; not a print book. This book can be saved to your computer and printed.

by Cassia Harvey
159 pages CHPD387
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