Sassmannshaus - Early Start on the Viola, Volume 2

Volume 2 in our series, with colour illustrations and easy-to-read fingering charts, contains not only nursery rhymes and folk songs but also classical recital pieces for two violas to help learners improve their ability to read music. They will become acquainted with dotted notes, 16th notes (semiquavers) and their first double stops as well as with changing between high and low finger positions.

The volume is pioneering with its early introduction of playing in different positions: by combining finger patterns, the cornerstone of good scale technique, learners can play major and minor scales in every position without using open strings – and this often in the very first year of lessons! This allows them to transpose the familiar nursery rhymes they have already mastered into other keys and higher positions. Together with the beginning shifting exercises, it provides a solid basis for early virtuosity – a great advantage offered by no other tutor in the same way.
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CONTENT:
Preface
The Fourth Finger Is The Tonic
Triads In F major, C major And G major
Songs With The New Finger Pattern
The Dotted Quarter Note
The Second Finger Changes Between High And Low Positions
The First Finger Is The Tonic
Triads In D major, A major And E major
Songs With The New Finger Pattern
Changing Between High And Low Finger Positions
The Three Finger Patterns
Playing In Different Positions With The Three Patterns
Double Stops
The Second Finger Is The Tonic
Triads In E-flat major, B-flat major And F major
Songs With The New Finger Pattern
Sixteenth Notes
The First Finger Changes Between High And Low Positions
F major Notes In First Position
Exercises And Pieces In F major
Major And Minor Scales And Arpeggios Across Four Strings