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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 (orig. cello)​

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
  • Flesch 'Basic Studies'​
  • Cossmann Trill Exercises (Finger Independence; orig. cello)
  • 'Crazy Cossmann' (3:4, 3:5, 4:5) Finger Independence'​​

SCALES
  • POSITION CHART
  • My First Violin Scales
  • Easy Bowings for 1-Octave Scales
  • Prep for Two-Octave Scales A ( range)
  • Prep for Two-Octave Scales B ( range)
  • 24 Two-Octave Scales (in order of difficulty; 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 )
  • 2-Octave Pre-Galamian Major Scales
  • 3-Octave Major Scales ( range)
  • 3-Octave Melodic Minor Scales ( range)
  • 95 Rhythm / Bowing Variations for Scales (non-Galamian)
  • 3-Octave Progressive Scale Warm-up (non-Galamian; range)
  • 3-Octave 'Galamian' Scales (range)
  • 3-Octave 'Galamian' + Scales (range; Universal fingering)
  • 46 Bowing / Rhythm Variations for 'Galamian' Scales (VN)
  • 2-Octave Scales in 1 Position​​

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
  • coming soon...  ​

ARPEGGIOS
  • ​​coming soon...​​

DOUBLE STOPS
  • Major 3rds (2 octaves)
  • Major 6ths (2 octaves)
  • Octaves (2 octaves)

FREE ÉTUDES / STUDIES
  • ​coming soon...
  • Dancla
  • Wohlfahrt
  • ​Sitt

NOTE READING​​
  • 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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