This is the first book in a hopefully long series of publications dedicated to the works of Dotzauer for the cello. This first volume encompasses to the scales a beginner student will encounter from the beginning of her studies up to just before leaving the first position. Every scale is enriched with suggestions and challenges to motivate the student to improve. At the end of the book a scale compendium summarises the material worked upon. The texts are in Italian, French and English. The full version contains both the digital only file and two options for printing on EU and US formats.