An accessory praised by students, parents, cello teachers and music shop holders.
Parents and students:
“Since my son uses the Celizy® Teaching device, he improved tremendously. I would like to offer one to my sister who is a cello teacher.” (Troyes, 10)
“Your accessory is very efficient for the right wrist and elbow relaxation. Furthermore, a correct bow hold at once helps to produce a broad sound from the very first steps. Thanks a lot!” (Troyes, 10)
“The Celizy® Teaching device really helped me to set up a better bow hold”. (Liège, Belgique)
Professional musicians:
“If I had had this device when I began the cello 63 years ago, my right arm would not have been as stiff as a board and, 4 years later, I would not have had to go back to the very first steps.” (Paris, 75)
“This pedagogical accessory is well thought out and well designed. It will help a lot to set up a correct bow hold which is THE big challenge when learning how to play a string instrument.” (Paris, 75)
Cello teachers:
“Here are my first impressions about the Celizy® Teaching device: for very young kids (5 years old), this accessory is of great efficiency; a few years later, it is a fantastic help. This device enables a good sound very quickly.” (Valenciennes, 59)
“Let me tell you that your accessory is fantastic! 3 tries with 3 students. (Belfort, 90)
“Thanks to the Celizy® Teaching device, my students have understood very quickly how to loose up their bow grip and realised how to avoid the right arm stiffness.” (Paris, 75)
“ After only a few weeks , the bow direction was amended” (Mulhouse, 68)
“The Celizy® Teaching device is efficient at once. Beginners appreciate it: no pain and an immediate good sound quality. 2 strong motivations to keep on playing!” (Bordeaux, 33)
“Very, very good for kids! Thanks dear Odile. (Nice, 06)
“After having tried the Celizy® Teaching device, I found it terrific!” (Neufchâteau, 88)
“A new student had a very soar right shoulder after having played only a few minutes. With the Celizy® Teaching device, her arm loosened up from shoulder to wrist and the sound quality became purer.” (Angers, 49)
“Thanks to the Celizy® Teaching device, I was able to fix up some of my students’ bad habits.” (Laval, 72)
“Bravo for the Celizy® Teaching device! Your invention is very clever!” (Nevers, 58)
” I have tried it and it is efficient” (Toulouse, 31)
“A young and very clumsy beginner pupil had difficulties to understand how to hold her bow. After one month and a half using the Celizy® Pedagogical Solution, she succeded to have a correct bow hold after I had torn my hair out for 8 months!“ Strasburg
“This school year, since 15 days, an adult beginner has been using the Celizy® Pedagogical Solution; she told me it helps her bow grip”. Strasburg
“After 3 weeks of struggling with the bow hold, a young beginner was speaking of quitting the cello. I had then him use the Celizy® Pedagogical Solution; he told me it was easier. His hand does no longer collapse towards the screw and his thumb does not slip under the stick. What a relief!” Strasburg
“I tested the Celizy ® teaching device with many of my students, pupils or grown-ups. Here are my notices:
– Size S : With the Celizy® teaching device, the young pupils have no problem to find the way to place the fingers -specially the thumb- onto the bow and their cello sounds immediately better. The bow grip is very much easen up.
– Size M : A 8 1/2 years old pupil who in his 2nd year : the Celizy® teaching device helps him a lot in understanding what he must not do.
– Size L : My grown-up beginners adopt it at once.
Conclusion: The Celizy® teaching device is for me a good pedagogical help! Looking forward to meeting you!” (Bourges)
“Thanks to the Celizy® teaching device, it is easier to place one’s fingers on the stick! The bow hold is more shaped up and pupils memorize it well. Bravo!” (Clermont-Ferrand)
« I noticed the sound was much better at once. On the top of it, the very young and the left-handed pupils hold the bow much easier. I recommend the Celizy® Teaching Device because it really helps to have a good bow grip from the very first steps. » Bourges
Orchestre à l’Ecole
In 2017, in agreement with the national Direction of the orchestra at the Ecole, we asked Madame Véronique Ast-Ferrand, professor of Cello at the Laval CRD and responsible for the OAE at the École Charles Perrault to test it for two months.
Circumstances:
– Children begin learning Cello in the second semester of third grade after participating in a “discovery course” of the 4 string instruments during the first semester.
They have a small 1 ⁄ 2 hour per week of group lessons at 4.
– Then, in the fourth/fifth grade, they receive a 3 ⁄ 4-hour (partial) Cello course at 7 (grades 4-5 and CM2). They also have a 3 ⁄ 4 hour orchestral tutti (fourth and fifth graded) per week. The Celizy ® pedagogical Solution was tested on grades 3-4/CM2 for 3 sessions in June 2017. »
Findings:
– The Celizy ® Teaching device is very easy to use, it clips and takes off in 2-3 seconds. However, if you want to leave it in place, no problem for storing the bow in the cover because it is sufficiently fine.
– It is very light. Children are not at all embarrassed by overweight on the bow.
– Students are helped and guided by the Celizy ® Solution to hold their bow: they know better where to place each finger without asking questions, and even those who misbehaved their bow without wanting to make the effort of a better outfit, were interested To the proper holding of the bow.
– The thumb can not slide under the wand which avoids too much tightening and which mainly allows to have a wrist well high and worn. The sound is thus more resonant, less forced.
– The small finger finds its place well and the grid helps to feel the contact of the pulp.
Conclusion:
I was seduced by the Celizy® Teaching device.
The Celizy ® Teaching device was appreciated by all the students who tried it
– She instantly improved their bow outfit
-it helps to facilitate the work of the teacher in collective
In addition, I tested it on an ad hoc basis with my “traditional” students at the Laval CRD and I also found it very effective in correcting defects of outfit with a use of only a few minutes during the course.
It remains to see the longer-term effects, and about beginners. That’s why I’m going to continue using it.
