I found this awesome template online. It's a blank viola fingerboard. I printed it out onto A4 paper and put it behind a plastic cover. I left it in the bathroom with a dry erase marker. I made sure to practice filling it in from memory every day. There are different versions for each 'position' on the viola fingerboard. Obviously, I started with first position.
Then, I made myself a cardboard 'fingerboard' that fit in my left hand. I used it to finger the notes to the song I was listening to on my ipod. I got a few funny looks from people in the dog park as you can image. I had this cardboard thing in my left hand, bluetooth headphones on, eyes fixed on the digital sheet music scrolling across my ipod held in my right hand with the occasional stop to pick up dog poop. Good times.
I learned the fingerboard before I even got my hands on a viola. I'm glad I did because it really took the pressure off. I was making music within a day.
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