ViolaBasics™
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RIGHT HAND EXERCISES / DRILLS / WARM-UPS
- Basic Rhythms / Add-a-Beat
- Basic Bow Distribution Exercises
- Sound / Tone Development Exercises
- Dotzauer Chords
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LEFT HAND EXERCISES / DRILLS / WARM-UPS
- POSITION CHART
- Basic Finger Drills
- 'Aldulescu' PLUS Finger Drills
- Finger Taps for Independence
- 'Geminiani Hand' Exercises for Finger Independence
- Cossmann Trill Exercises (Finger Independence)
- 'Crazy Cossmann' (3:4, 3:5, 4:5) Finger Independence
- 'Cossmann PLUS' Agility Exercises
- Flesch 'Basic Studies'
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SCALES
- POSITION CHART
- My First Viola Scales
- Easy Bowings for 1-Octave Scales
- Prep for Two-Octave Scales A (C3-A5 range)
- Prep for Two-Octave Scales B (C3-B5 range)
- 24 Two-Octave Scales (in order of difficulty; C3-C6 range)
- 24 Two-Octave Scales (Circle of 5ths, Major/Minor)
- 12 Two-Octave Major Scales (in chromatic order)
- Add-a-Note (scale addition; up to D6)
- 2-Octave Pre-Galamian Major Scales
- 3-Octave Major Scales (C3-C7 range)
- 3-Octave Melodic Minor Scales (C3-C7 range)
- 95 Rhythm / Bowing Variations for Scales (non-Galamian)
- 3-Octave Progressive Scale Warm-up (non-Galamian; C3-C7 range)
- 3-Octave 'Galamian' Scales (C3-C7 range)
- 3-Octave 'Galamian' + Scales (C3-G6 range)
- 46 Bowing / Rhythm Variations for 'Galamian' Scales
- 2-Octave Scales in 1 Position
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SHIFTS / POSITIONS / FLUIDITY
- Basic Shifts
- Introduction to 2nd and 3rd Positions (small shifts)
- 1-Finger Shifts (small shifts)
- Long Shifts
- 1-String Scale / Chromatic Scale
- 1-String Fluidity (diatonic patterns with 2nd and 3rd shifts):
- on A in: C / D / E
- on D in: F / G / A
- on G in: B-flat / C / D
BROKEN THIRDS
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ARPEGGIOS
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DOUBLE STOPS
- Major 3rds (2 octaves)
- Major 6ths (2 octaves)
- Octaves (2 octaves)
NOTE READING (on cello)
- ALTO CLEF: Spaces / Lines / Lines & Spaces / Above staff / Lines above staff / Spaces above staff / Below staff
- TREBLE CLEF: Spaces / Lines / Lines & Spaces / Above staff / Lines above staff / Spaces above staff / Below staff
MUSIC THEORY
- Basic Music Symbols study sheet: English / Español / Français / Deutsch / Italiano / Português / Pусский
- Basic Music Symbols worksheet
- Rhythm Drills / Cross Rhythms / Complete the measure
- Circle of 5ths (F clef): English / German / Solfège / worksheet
- Circle of 5ths (G clef): English / German / Solfège / worksheet
- Circle of 5ths (C clef): English / German / Solfège / worksheet
- What's the KEY? Bass (F) / Tenor (C) / Treble (G) / Alto (C)
- What's the KEY SIGNATURE? / RELATIVE? / DOMINANT? / SUBDOMINANT? / LEADING NOTE? / ENHARMONIC?
- IDENTIFY the interval - unison to octave (bass / tenor / treble / alto)
- BUILD intervals: 3rds (bass / treble) / 4ths (bass / treble) / 5ths (bass / treble) / 6ths (bass / treble) / 7ths (bass / treble) / Octaves (bass / treble)
- Manuscript paper: blank / treble (G) / alto (C) / bass (F) / piano
- Glossary of music terminology
- Italian terms used in music
- Music dictionary
- Music theory and history
- Ornamentation / Embellishments
- Basic music terms for string players: English to Spanish and Spanish to English
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