Viola Fundamentals Book: Table of Contents I. Left Hand Action
Viola Fundamentals Book: Table of Contents I. Left Hand Action
Viola Fundamentals Book: Table of Contents I. Left Hand Action
FUNDAMENTALS BOOK
Prepared
by
Edward
Klorman
(after
Heidi
Castleman)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. LEFT HAND ACTION
Ondricek
Exercises
(as
transcribed
by
Heidi
Castleman)
p.
2
Schradiek
School of Viola Technique
p.
3
Kreutzer
Etude
No.
9
(fourth
finger
strength)
p.
4
Kreutzer
Etude
No.
15
(trills)
p.
5
Vibrato
Routine
p.
6
II. SHIFTING
Basic
Shifting
Exercise
(after
Gaylord
Yost,
Exercises for Change of p.
7
Position)
Otakar
Sevcik,
Shifting op.
8
pp.
8‐10
III. SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS
One‐Position
Scales
(after
Castleman
and
Koob,
The Tonal Application pp.
11‐13
of Finger Patterns to the Viola
One‐Position
Scales
in
Broken
Thirds
p.
14
Three‐Octave
Scales
(after
Flesch
and
Galamian)
pp.
15‐18
Castleman
“Self‐Help”
Manual
for
Scales
p.
19
Arpeggios
(after
Flesch)
pp.
20‐21
IV. DOUBLE STOPS (after Ellen Rose, Extreme Viola)
Perfect
Fourths
p.
22
Octaves
/
Octaves
and
Fourths
pp.
23‐24
Ultimate
Combination
(and
torture)
Exercise
p.
25
V. BOWING
Different
Strokes
P.
26
Kreutzer
Etudes
No.
2
(detache)
pp.
27‐28
Sevcik
Bowing
Variations
pp.
29‐30
Duport
Exercise
(with
variations
by
Jeffrey
Irvine)
p.
31
Paganini
Moto Perpetuo pp.
32‐33
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
BOWING: DIFFERENT STROKES…
Detache
Martele
Colle
Staccato
Spiccato (dropped vs. carried)
Sautille
Legato
Portato
OTHER ASPECTS:
Spoken playing
Cantabile playing
Unequal bowings
Vertical Arc vs. Horizontal Arc
Speed / Weight / Contact Point exercises
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33