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    The document provides a curriculum for viola technique organized by topic and year of study. For left hand faculty, it lists etude books and specific exercises. Shifting exercises progress from basic to more advanced techniques. Scale routines include variations in bowing. Arpeggios, double stops, and bowing techniques are outlined with relevant exercises. Repertoire includes sonatas, concertos, and pieces organized by difficulty. Sight-singing and rhythm are also addressed.

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    The document provides a curriculum for viola technique organized by topic and year of study. For left hand faculty, it lists etude books and specific exercises. Shifting exercises progress from basic to more advanced techniques. Scale routines include variations in bowing. Arpeggios, double stops, and bowing techniques are outlined with relevant exercises. Repertoire includes sonatas, concertos, and pieces organized by difficulty. Sight-singing and rhythm are also addressed.

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    The document provides a curriculum for viola technique organized by topic and year of study. For left hand faculty, it lists etude books and specific exercises. Shifting exercises progress from basic to more advanced techniques. Scale routines include variations in bowing. Arpeggios, double stops, and bowing techniques are outlined with relevant exercises. Repertoire includes sonatas, concertos, and pieces organized by difficulty. Sight-singing and rhythm are also addressed.

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    of 6

    (K = Kreutzer, T = Tartini, Art of Bowing)

    Left Hand Faculty

     Sevcik, Op 1, Pt 1
     Ondricek,Emanuel:Superior Finger Exercises for Violin
     Mazas I, 13-15, 19
     Mazas II, 54-56
     K#9, #23
     K#15-22 (trills)
     LH Pizz (Sevcik, Op 1/4,#19)

    Shifting

     Shifting warm-ups:
     Same finger, 1st-7th
     Substitution shifting
     One string 2 8va arpeggios
     Basic Shifting see Catherine Consiglio Scale and Shifting Book (Wichita State
    University)
     Sevcik, Opus 8
     Flesch one string
     Dounis (Artist’s Technique of Violin Playing, published for viola): double shifts and long
    shifts
     Mazas I, 20
     K#1,#11
     Rode #11

    Scales

     One position scales and One position broken 3rds


     Castleman / Koob – The Tonal Application of Finger Patterns to Viola Scale Technique
    (Amazon)
     Melissa Matson – One position finger pattern scales (mmmviola@rochester.rr.com)
     3 8va Major, 3 8va Melodic minor and 3 8va Harmonic minor
     Catherine Consiglio Scale and Shifting Book (Wichita State University) and
     Ellen Rose, Extreme Viola (SMU)
     Chromatic

    Arpeggios

     One position arpeggios Ellen Rose, Extreme Viola (SMU)


     3 8va arpeggios Catherine Consiglio Scale and Shifting Book (Wichita State University
     K#12

    Scale Routines
     Slurred @50
     Slurred @60
     Slurred and separate
     detache
     spiccato
     sautille

    Double Stops

     double stops Ellen Rose, Extreme Viola (SMU)


     Sevcik, Opus 9
     Double stops in Basic Shifting format
     Kourgov Vamos “Exercises for the Violin in Various Combinations of Double-
    Stops Carl Fischer Music
     K #24/25/32-42
     Rode #19, #20, #23
     Flesch

    Sevcik, Opus 1, part 4:

     8vas #3, #2, #1


     3rds #7
     6ths #11
     arpeggios #13-16
     LH pizz +ds #20
     harmonics #21

    Long Tones

     Sevcik, Op 2, bk 1, #4 16bts@60

    Chords

     Sevcik, Opus 3, #39, #40


     Sevcik, op 1, pt 4, #17, #18

    Detache (middle, frog, tip)

     Sevcik, Op 2, bk 1: #6, Var1 (mm.78,92,116) and #6 also half note = 60-140


     Dounis Artist’s Technique of Violin Playing, (published for viola)
     Mazas I, 4-6,
     K#2,#5,#8,#10,#26
     Rode [2 4 6 8 9 10 18 22 24]
     Ries Perpetual motion
     Paganini Perpetual motion
     Novacek Perpetual motion
    Mixed Bowings

     on scales: 3+1, 1+3


     Mazas I, 16-17
     Mazas II, 43-44,48-53

    Sevcik. Opus 2, bk 1 (use mm and bow distribution)

     #3,var 7,8,9
     #4, var 40, 41
     #6, var 22,23
     #7 var 3, 4, 28, 29, 37 (mm.52, 60,68)
     #15 var 21, 22, 23 (mm52, 64)

    Staccato Class Strokes


    colle, martele

     Sevcik, Op2, bk1, #5


     T#7 29 39 45 49 50
     Mazas I, 2, 3, 10-12
     Mazas II, 33-34, 37
     K#6, #7
     Rode #5, #7, #17, 21

    staccato

     Mazas II, 47
     K#4
     T#45, #46

    Off-the-string Strokes

     Sevcik Opus 3 (selected)


     Mazas I, 28-29
     Mazas II, 45-46
     T#11

    String Crossings

     Ysaye Exercises and Scales (for violin: Schott)


     Casorti The Techniques of Bowing. Op.50 (for violin)
     Mazas I, 21-22
     Mazas I, 32, 39, 42,
     K#13,#14,#27-30
     Rode #3, #12
     1 position broken 3rds
    Bow Expression
    Suggested methods for practicing the elements that vary sound (weight, speed and contact point)
    are:
    @60 = a beat/ use 4 beats per bow/ use whole bows

     Isolate the specified element and vary only it,


     Produce musically useful sound
     Switches to the opposite should be immediate
     Weight: Heavy/Light (change weights from shoulder blade) arrange beats in different
    patterns of heavy and light, always 4 beats/bow
     Contact Point: Away/Close (change using upper arm and fingers) first do one set of away
    from bridge and near bridge/bow, then 2, 3, 4, 6, 12
     Bow Speed: Speed/No Speed – one set of speed/no speed/bow; then 2 sets, 3, 4, etc.
     T#16, #21, #23
     K#5, T#3
     Rode introductions #1, #4 #6 , #9, #14, #19

    Bel canto Playing

     Mazas I,#1,7,8,18,27
     Mazas II, #31, 35

    Sight Singing

     Intervals
     Arpeggios
     Chromatic scales
     Whole tone scale
     Lars Edlund, Modus Novus (atonal sight-singing)

    Sight-Reading

     David Hickman Music Speed Reading (http://www.hickmanmusiceditions.com)

    Rhythm: Accuracy

     scales in rhythms
     Ely Accuracy in Rhythm (http://www.steveweissmusic.com) (60/80) 2 hands
     2/3 3/4

    Rhythm Practice Methods: Interpretation

     Counting Aloud
     Conducting
     Walking the Large Beats
     Playing Freely
    Vibrato

     Fingertip
     Wrist
     Arm
     Ability to vary

    Difficult KeysRode [11 12 13 14 15 16]


    Fingerboard Knowledge

     Gavinies [not 1 3 15 24]

    High Positions

     1 position scales & 3rds, arp, 5th through 9th positions


     reading in Op 8 staying within 5th through 9th positions
     Sevcik, Op 1, bk2

    Body Balance

     Alignment
     Breathing

    Curriculum Example
    Year 1 (Freshman):

     Shifting (10 minutes): Substitution. Basic shifting.


     Facility (15 minutes): Schradieck, Sevcik Opus 1, pt 1.
     Scales / Arpeggios (20 minutes): One position.
     Double Stops: (20 minutes): Singing intervals, from Rose, Extreme Viola!.
     Bowing (15 minutes): String crossings, Staccato class strokes, Legato class.
     Etudes (40 minutes): Kreutzer, Campagnoli.
     Bach/ Short Pieces (1 hour): Bach I, II, III/ Bel Canto style/ Perpetual motions.
     Sonata / Concerto (1 hour): At least one of each.

    Year 2 (Sophomore):

     Shifting: Sevcik Opus 8.


     Facility: Ondricek,Emanuel:Superior Finger Exercises for Viola (Southern Music Co) .
     Scales / Arpeggios: 3 octave major and melodic scales/ 3 octave arpeggios.
     Double Stops: Kourgov (not currently published).
     Bowing: Spiccato class strokes, Sevcik Opus 3, Mixed bowings.
     Etudes: Fiorillo. Rode.
     Bach / Short Pieces: Bach IV, V, VI/ Elegies/ Classical style.
     Sonata / Concerto: (1 hour): At least one of each.
    Year 3 (Junior):

     Shifting: Dounis, The Artist’s Technique…


     Facility: from concerto passages.
     Scales / Arpeggios: Harmonic minor and chromatic.
     Double Stops: Sevcik Opus 1, Part 4.
     Bowing: Tartini The Art of Bowing.
     Etudes: Gavinies, Excerpts.
     Bach / Short Pieces: Gamba Sonatas/ Spanish style/ French style.
     Sonata / Concerto: (1 hour): At least one of each.

    Year 4 (Senior):

     Etudes: Dont, Excerpts.


     Bach / Short Pieces: Bach Violin Sonatas and Partitas/ show pieces/ Kreisler.
     Sonata / Concerto: (1 hour): At least one of each

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