Here's the scale of A Major in one octave. Listen, sing, then play along with the track until you know the pattern from memory!
Scales
Here's the scale of A Major in one octave. Listen, sing, then play along with the track until you know the pattern from memory!
Here's the scale of D Major in one octave. Listen, sing, then play along with the track until you know the pattern from memory!
Here's the scale of G Major in one octave. Listen, sing, then play along with the track until you know the pattern from memory!
Here's the scale of F Major in one octave. Listen, sing, then play along with the track until you know the pattern from memory!
Here's the scale of C Major in one octave. Listen, sing, then play along with the track until you know the pattern from memory!
Time to Cast Your Note! Move smoothly up and down in half steps (semitones) on each finger and on each string. Remember … Every Note Counts!
Perform graceful aerobatic manoeuvres as you glide up and down the chromatic scale on each string … try to avoid any turbulence when doing the string crossings!
Jump from the open string to the notes of the chromatic scale with grace, agility and precision! Listen carefully to the intervals as they expand and contract.
In the G minor scale, we use Finger Pattern 2 on the G string, then Finger Pattern 1 on the D string, but with the 1st finger extended back.
Check your hand shape before you start! These finger patterns will help you develop your left hand technique and make your fingers fast and strong!
The first digital notation is now being added to our scales pages. Here's G Major in 1 Octave (separate and slurred bowings) ... click the image to listen and play with the music!
These new Scale Acceleration Exercises from Online Beginner Course A will help you to drill in your scale patterns in G, D and A major. Repeat each scale with increasingly short note values, until you can repeat the finger placements accurately at high speed!
1st Position G Minor Arpeggio exercises featuring different note patterns, rhythms, bowings and articulations. Click here to download it!
Let's practice clapping some rhythms together! Click here to download it! Beats Me! What is music? It’s a surprisingly difficult question to answer! … hard to come up with a satisfactory definition. […]
Arpeggio-based note patterns, rhythms, bowings, techniques, and articulation exercises in 1st position G major. Click here to download it!
These exercises are brilliant for practising double-stopped sixths! Great for intonation work and for developing a really solid left hand. Who doesn’t want a solid left hand?! 🙂
G, D, and A are the most common keys in violin music, so it's worth getting to know them so well that they feel like old friends! 🙂
Our awesome Two-Finger Scales provide a serious workout for your left hand! Each of these super-shifting-scales will help you get your left hand moving smoothly between different positions - in the […]
