Martin Norgaard_Laurie Scott: Modern Viola Method Grade 1 Book With Online Audio

Contents

• Buying or Renting?
• Lesson 1 Holding and Plucking the Viola
• Lesson 2 Using the Right Hand and Note Duration
• Lesson 3 Left-Hand Posture
• Lesson 4 Setting the Bowl
• Lesson 5 The Seesaw and Bowing First Finger
• Lesson 6 Using all Four Fingers and the Bow
• Lesson 7 Crossing Strings and Eighth Notes
• Lesson 8 Walking and Prepared Fingers
• Lesson 9 Playing on All Strings
• Lesson 10 Bow Circles with Silent Landings
• Lesson 11 Ring Tones and the 4th Finger
• Lesson 12 Pickup Notes and Bow Direction
• Lesson 13 Longer Bows and the Legato Bow Stroke
• Lesson 14 Duple and Triple Meter
• Lesson 15 Double Stops
• Lesson 16 Finger Hops and Key Signatures
• Lesson 17 Counting While Playing and the 6/8 Time Signature
• Lesson 18 Octave Harmonics and Rests
• Lesson 19 Changing Bow Speed
• Lesson 20 Slurs and Dotted Quarters
• Lesson 21 Low Second Finger and Scale Construction
• Lesson 22 Hooked Bows and Transposition
• Lesson 23 Long Bows and Bow-Hand Shapes
• Lesson 24 Sixteenth Notes and Subdivision
• Lesson 25 Low First Finger, High Third Finger and Accidentals
• Thoughts on Practice
• Index of Terms & Answer Key
• Sizing and Preparing the Instrument to Play