} Scales & Arpeggios

Introduction to Scales & Arpeggios

Why play scales and arpeggios? The pieces we play are built on…

Beginner students may often use an open string for the 5th note…

Notice the preparation of the backward stretch of the 2nd and 1st…

Notice the release of the low 1st finger on the A-string. We…

Work on your bow division when playing the two notes slurred so…

Notice how Andrea uses arm steering as she moves her left arm…

Different scales (just like different keys) have individual characters and the intervals…

It is good to learn scales using the same fingerings when possible.…

Notice how Andrea has a stable violin which helps her with shifting.…

Practising scales with sautillé bowing is a wonderful way to improve your…

Notice how the scroll of the violin stays level and does not…

Practising scales with a spiccato bowing is good for developing coordination. SEE

Here Jennen plays all three forms of the scale of C in…

The top octave of 3-octave scales is more difficult than the lower…

Here Justine plays the A major scale in 3 octaves with the…

Notice how Andrea has her fingers hovering above the correct place before…

Jennen uses a small vibrato here. Also practise technical work with no…

Martelé and pizzicato are effective ways of training clear and in-time finger…

Here Jennen plays the opening of the Flesch arpeggio system in the…

This one-string sequence from Carl Flesch’s Scale System is an excellent shifting…

‘Scales in One Position’ is Galamian’s name for two-octave scales across all…

Here Justine plays ‘Scales in One Position’ in A Major in 1st,…

In ‘Scales in One Position’ it is vital to have a free…

Isolate the various challenges of each skill and practise them in a…