Throughout the history of music learning, teaching methods have been a useful tool to explain how an instrument works based on the performance demands at the time.These methods have adapted to the musical style and the interpretative needs around them.They have been used as a reference by performers, composers, musicologists, and scholars to identify the evolution of a certain instrument, teaching technique or stylistic regard.This research is based on explaining the creation process of the method El violonchelo desde una mirada contemporánea (The cello from a contemporary perspective) and its usefulness in teaching and learning contemporary music at the university level.The product is a didactic tool that facilitates the learning process of extended techniques on the cello by using free improvisation as a guide.The project rested on the fulfillment of three specific objectives: the description of twenty extended techniques for the cello, the elaboration of ten free improvisation exercises with extended techniques from the researcher's personal experimentation, and the design of a method based on the information collected.This research was supported under the theoretical framework of practice-based research methodology which in Latin America is referred to as artistic research.As a result, the investigation created a method with a brief explanation of twenty extended techniques for cello and ten exercises focused on teaching these techniques with free improvisation.The aim of this method is to contribute to educational practices, in the sense that it facilitates the development of contemporary music playing and composing skills for both students and teachers at the university level.It also points out the lack of contemporary music teaching in Colombia.The next phase of the project will be to validate its usefulness with music teachers and students in various cities of the country.