Jonathan Humphries

🎻 NEW RELEASE — Pentatonic Scales for Cello

I just released something I’ve wanted to teach properly for a long time: Pentatonic scales for cello — major & minor — with real, usable fingerings.

Pentatonics are one of the most powerful tools in music, but they’re almost never taught seriously on cello. This PDF focuses on patterns, hand shapes, and sound, not just notes on a page.

✔ Major & minor pentatonics
✔ Clear, tested fingerings
✔ Low & high octaves (8vb / 8va)
✔ Scale degrees clearly shown
✔ Designed for ear training, improvisation & modern playing

👉 50% OFF for one week only 💸 Just €1.99 for a short period
This is a core piece of the CelloCoach Approach, and my students, CelloCoach Approach members already have it.

🔗 Product link - cellocoach.com/product/pentatonic-scales-for-cello…
(Offer ends in 7 days)

Musically Yours,
Jonathan

1 day ago | [YT] | 6

Jonathan Humphries

Hi there CelloCoach Cellists,

If you’ve been thinking about starting cello — or coming back to it — this might be the perfect moment.

I’m opening a small number of new student spots and offering 30% off your first project together as a way to help you begin without pressure.

This isn’t about rushing or perfection.
It’s about building a relationship with the instrument that feels grounded, musical, and personal.

Whether you’re:
– returning after time away
– starting as an adult
– or finally ready to make music part of your life again

I’ll guide you step by step, at your pace.

🎻 What this includes:
• A personalized onboarding session
• Clear goals based on your interests
• Technical foundations that actually feel musical
• A path forward that fits your life

This offer is only for new students, and only for a limited time.

👉 Start here:
Book your first project – 30% off

If you have questions, just reply to this email — I read everything personally.

Musically Yours,
Jonathan
TheCelloCoach

1 week ago | [YT] | 13

Jonathan Humphries

It's My Birthday and I love teaching so much, that all I want for my b-day is some passionate new student! So I’m opening a few spots in my online studio for new students — and this is the perfect moment to jump in.

My teaching is project-based, not endless weekly grinding. We pick music you love, build real technique, and make actual progress — fast.

✨ What you get:
• 30% OFF your first lesson (automatically applied)
• 25% OFF all sheet music & courses for your first 12 weeks
• Book a lesson on December 28th (my birthday 🎂) and I’ll gift you The New Scale Book for free

🎵 Perfect for:
• Adults returning to cello
• Beginners who want structure
• Musicians who want joy + progress again

👉 Book your first lesson here:
tinyurl.com/3zu97yz5

Let’s make 2025 the year you actually play again 🎶

— Jonathan
CelloCoach

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 20

Jonathan Humphries

🎄 48-Hour Christmas Flash Sale 🎄
✨ Give the gift of music this Christmas ✨

Looking for a meaningful gift for someone who:
🎻 Used to play cello and wants to come back
🎶 Wants a fresh, clear approach to learning
🎁 Would love music instead of “stuff”

For 48 hours only, enjoy:

🎟 30% OFF ALL products on CelloCoach.com
👉 Use code: CelloXmas30
⏰ Valid Dec 23–24 only

The CelloCoach Approach is designed for:
• Adult beginners
• Returning cellists
• Players who want clarity, confidence, and joy

Courses, songs, and learning tools — all downloadable, all gift-ready 🎁

👉 CelloCoach.com
Sale ends Christmas Eve 🎄
Stay cozy, stay musical.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 7

Jonathan Humphries

🎻 A quick update from CelloCoach.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been refining my teaching system and putting everything I’ve learned over 30+ years of playing and 10+ years of teaching online into a clear, structured method: The CelloCoach Approach.

If you’ve followed this channel for a while, you already know how I teach:
clarity, structure, confidence — no wasted motion, no confusion.

I’m currently opening 3 new private lesson spots for motivated adult cellists who want real progress and personal guidance.

👉 You can now book and pay for lessons directly via my website:
cellocoach.com/

🎁 Bonus: If you’ve already purchased one of my courses or books and want to go further, I’m happy to offer a free 30-minute consult to help you apply the material and decide on next steps.

You can book directly or simply email me — we’ll take it from there.

Let’s do real work.
— Jonathan

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 8

Jonathan Humphries

🚨🔥 Part 2 of The CelloCoach Approach is LIVE 🔥🚨
—and the Full Bundle (Parts 1 + 2) launches TODAY.

The first edition took me 20 years in the studio to create.
Part 2 is the next evolution.

If Part 1 gave you posture, bow control, first-position clarity and a musical mindset…
👉🏻 Part 2 turns you into a real cellist.

🎶 Shop the course here:
cellocoach.com/product-category/the-cellocoach-app…

🎻 What’s inside Part 2:

⭐️ 48 pages of advanced written technique & musical logic
— B.E.A.S.T. warm-up method
— Consonance / dissonance explained with interval logic
— Harmonics & resonance
— Pentatonic + 3-5-7 exercises
— Ergonomics of shifting
— Arpeggio & scale structures that unlock speed

⭐️ Module 3 — Fingerings, Positions & Shifts
→ 43 videos | 5h04m of training

⭐️ Module 4 — Arpeggios & Scales at Tempo
→ 20 videos | 5h01m

⭐️ Mindset II — Musical Memory & Identity
→ 9 videos | 55 min

⭐️ + 9 curated Song Playlists
organised by real musician skills (vibrato, shifting, arpeggios, ear-training, double stops, etc.)

This is not random tutorial chaos — this is the path.

🎯 If Part 1 is learning cello…
Part 2 is becoming a cellist.

💥 1-WEEK SALE (only)

Module 2 + Module 4 are discounted
The Complete Bundle (Parts 1 + 2) is also discounted.

👉🏻 Shop the course here:
cellocoach.com/product-category/the-cellocoach-app…

If you’ve been waiting…
This is the moment.
Your hands will never be the same.

— Jonathan
CelloCoach 🎻

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1 month ago | [YT] | 9

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For eight years I’ve been pouring videos onto this channel — tutorials, repertoire demos, beginner breakdowns, technique hacks, performance lessons — all with one goal:

👉 To make the cello accessible, soulful, and fun.

But let’s be real: even if you binge my channel, it’s not always easy to know where to start, what to work on, or which songs actually match your level and technique.

So I finally fixed that.

🌟 THE NEW SONG PLAYLISTS — Organised by Skill

For the first time ever, every piece I’ve taught on this channel has been grouped into playlists based on what they actually train:

🎵 Foundation Pieces (open strings, first position)
🎵 Position Songs (1st / upper 2nd / 3rd / 4th…)
🎵 Songs with Scale Passages
🎵 Extended Position Songs
🎵 Ear Training Songs
🎵 Songs with Shifts
🎵 Vibrato-Friendly Songs
🎵 Arpeggio Songs
🎵 Songs with Double Stops

These playlists are public.
Not paywalled.
Not hidden.
Not buried in the algorithm.

They exist to help anyone — student, teacher, hobbyist — find the right song at the right time.

Because music is how we feel technique,
not just talk about it.

🔥 What Stays Public

All the classic playlists you’ve known for years will stay open:

✔️ Basics of Cello
✔️ Essential Skills
✔️ The Scale Book
✔️ Online Cello Lessons
✔️ Level-Up Skills
… and more.

I’m rebuilding them gradually, making them easier to explore step-by-step.
That work benefits everyone, so it stays public.

💎 What Is Exclusive to Students

The playlists and text that teach you how to think and develop as a musician?

That’s the CelloCoach Approach.

🎓 It’s not just access to videos.
It’s an ordered system of:

• foundational technique
• left-hand development
• bow mastery
• memorisation psychology
• ear-training
• shifting logic
• harmonic awareness
• advanced scale/arpeggio pathways

No scrolling. No guessing.
No “maybe this will help.”

➡️ Everything is sequenced and explained — in the order that creates progress.

Modules, study pages, mindset sessions, guided video paths — it’s an actual curriculum, not a content dump.

🔐 That part is exclusive to CelloCoach Approach students.

Because structure is what transforms a player,
and I’ve spent 20 years designing it.

❤️ Why I’m Doing This

Music is personal. Your journey matters.

The public playlists help you find songs.
The course teaches you to become a musician.

If you’re just exploring — enjoy the playlists.
If you want mastery — I built the road.

➡️ CelloCoach.com/

Welcome to the next chapter. We’re only getting started.

— Jonathan Humphries
CelloCoach

1 month ago | [YT] | 41

Jonathan Humphries

🚨 CYBER MONDAY — LAST DAY 🚨
Tomorrow I am dropping Part II of The CelloCoach Approach —
Module III + Module IV.

CHECK IT OUT - cellocoach.com/product-category/the-cellocoach-app…

When you purchase ANY version TODAY (Basic / Premium / Premium Plus):
👉 You get Module III and Module IV absolutely FREE.

No upgrade, no hidden fee — I honour everyone who joins before launch.

🔥 What’s in the drop?
🎻 Module III — Left Hand Technique + Ear Training

This is the real foundation of musicianship:

Fingering systems

Shifting

Extension strategy

Position changes

Intonation clarity

Vibrato introduction

And most importantly:
how to hear your instrument when YOU create the pitch.

This module finally unlocks the connection between:
your fingers → your tone → your ear.

If you don’t master this, double stops, harmonics, and theory don’t land.
Module III fixes that forever.

⚔️ Module IV — Arpeggios, Scales at Tempo, and BEAST Mode

We return to the backbone:

Arpeggios as harmony skeleton

Scales as melodic engine

B.E.A.S.T. Warm-Up technique (refined + extended)

“play at tempo” philosophy

Pentatonic sets

3–5–7 Warm-Up Method

Flow exercises that feel like music, not homework

This is where you stop “practicing the cello”
and start driving the instrument.

Both modules together add:
✔️ ~45 pages of written content
✔️ 43 curated videos (organized clearly, not scattered)
✔️ 5h 30m of left-hand & technique training
✔️ exclusive playlists (ad-free for Premium)

🥁 THE DEAL

Buy any version TODAY
➡️ you get Module III included automatically.

After launch, Part II, which includes Module III and IV, will become a paid upgrade
and their own package.

This is the cheapest it will ever be.

👉 Sign up here:
cellocoach.com/

Let’s level up.
Not next year — now.

— Jonathan

1 month ago | [YT] | 2

Jonathan Humphries

🎻🔥 It’s official — The CelloCoach Approach: Part I — FOUNDATIONS is LIVE!

After two decades of teaching, testing, and refining, I’ve finally built the course that changes how people actually learn the cello.

📘 This isn’t just a book. It’s a full learning system —
✅ Step-by-step workbook (Modules 1 & 2 + Mindset Sessions)
✅ Integrated QR codes that link directly to the matching video lessons
✅ Ad-free options for focused study
✅ Real pedagogy that fits modern life — efficient, visual, and results-based

🎬 Choose your level:
• Basic: Book + public video playlists
• Premium: Book + private, ad-free playlists
• Premium Plus: Everything above + downloadable video library

If you’ve ever wanted to learn the cello the right way — with real structure and confidence — this is your moment.

👉 Available now at www.CelloCoach.com
Download your copy today - tinyurl.com/39eafamn

Thank you to everyone who’s been part of this journey. This is just the beginning.

#CelloCoach #LearnCello #JonathanHumphries #CelloLessons #CelloLife #MusicEducation

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