If you only want to play songs and pieces on your cello, then this book is probably not for you. You might even call it boring.

But if you want to actually learn and master the cello, this book can help. If you want to play those songs and pieces more easily, this book can help. Thousands of copies of this book have been sold since it was first printed in 2004. And that's because it works.

It helps you play better in tune. It helps your fingers move faster. It teaches finger independence.

I'm sick of this book. Really really sick of it. I've pretty much memorized it by now, after over 14 years of teaching with it.

But my students will tell you that in the first years of study, I won't start a lesson without it. Because if I skip it, I know we'll both be frustrated at the sounds that we hear.

It takes about a minute to play through a page at the beginning of your practice. That's one minute that I'll gladly be bored during the lessons I teach every week.

What about you? Do you want to spend 60 seconds a day and be the best cellist you can be?