Viola
Practice
Warm-up
Tuning
- using the iPhone app: Tuxtuner
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Tonalization
[tone production]:
Mis--si--ssip--pi Stop -- Stop
000 121 02 11 0 [Au Claire de Lune]
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Intervals
[Red book] p4. seconds, thirds
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*Finger Patterns
need practice moving from D to C# [or C] & moving
from Ab to G
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C MAJOR SCALE
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star [C&G]
- Coventry Gardens
- Stay [Rhianna]
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Hora Lunga - Sonata [Gyorgy Ligeti]
G MAJOR SCALE [F#]
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Skyfall [Adele] - very little progress
- Joy to the World
- BBC Sherlock – Main Theme (preferred version)
D MAJOR SCALE [F#, C#]
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star [D&A]
- French Folk Song
- Lightly Row
- Song of the Wind
- Pachelbel's Canon in D
F FLAT MAJOR [Bb]
- Moon River
B FLAT MAJOR [Bb,
Eb]
- Silent Night
E FLAT MAJOR SCALE [Bb, Eb, Ab]
- Sherlock Theme - abandoned
- Sonate – hardly attempted
D FLAT MAJOR [Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb]
- Claire de Lune [Debussy]
Callous Development
1st - well on its way, can hardly feel pressure any more
2nd - not thick enough to prevent nail from cracking yet
3rd - still hurts like a bitch after I practice for an hour or more but the scar tissue is finally thickening up
I've been working on intervals - fingering speed, accuracy and rhythm. The red book is very effective. I also made myself a practice sheet with all the Major Flat Scales on one page using MuseScore. What a great program.
I love, love, love my viola.
