Three-Octave Scales for the Viola, Book One, Learning the Scales

Are you ready to learn three-octave scales on the viola? Do you want a better sense of fingerboard geography? Are you tired of guessing where notes in the higher positions are? This book can help!

Using a carefully planned series of exercises, this book teaches the notes and spaces in three-octave major, melodic minor, harmonic minor, and chromatic scales on the viola. After practicing these exercises, your hand can have a much better grasp of where the notes are in each scale and how to reach those notes consistently and precisely. With multiple traditional fingerings as well as a universal fingering for all the scales, this book also gives you studies to increase your scale speed.