Product Description
Would you like to
play the viola well, with a solid technique and impeccable intonation? We all
know that to do this you have to start from the beginning. That is, with
scales. In this volume you can find them all, in three octaves and presented in
an innovative, interesting and fun way. For the first time you can study them
grouped into parallel (or "homophone") keys, which is what scales that begin in
the same tone are called (e.g. C major-C minor, B Major-B minor etc.). In the
same way, you will practice the corresponding arpeggios, also in three octaves,
followed by scales on double stops (thirds, sixths and eighths). All of this,
with specific fingering for the viola, and with a focus on original technical
solutions, that make the study considerably easier. The benefits gained from
studying the scales grouped in this way are enormous, and they ensure that you
will achieve an excellent intonation.
Both ways (major and minor), share the same physical space on the Violas
fingerboard; they also share four of the seven sounds of the scale, which makes
very easy to recognise the different ones. Another innovative technique is the intonation
control semibreve, located either
below or above various sounds of the scale. Each semibreve highlights the
need to check the tuning of the sound that accompanies, with the open string that
it indicates, since this is practically the only possible way of verifying the
tuning. To sum up, this book proposes an innovative method of studying scales,
as a result of the authors many years of orchestra and teaching
experience.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.