Pieces, puzzles, scales, and arpeggios by Kathy Blackwell and David Blackwell.
The revised edition of Fiddle Time Scales 1 is brimming over with creative ideas and packed with imaginative and amusing cartoons to make learning scales and arpeggios easy.
- Covers the finger patterns used in Fiddle Time Joggers and Runners, and includes all the scales and arpeggios for ABRSM Grades 1 and 2, including the natural minor
- Sets out each form with a fingering chart, a telephone 'helpline' to reinforce the arpeggio fingering, and a rhythm game to practise the scale
- Includes a variety of fun pieces for each key, and a range of puzzles and compositional games
D major: Finger tips
D major: Low D, High D, and A in between
A major: Super sprinter
A major: Step, skip, jump!
G major: Follow me
G major: Ring my number
G major: Fast food
G major: What's in your sandwich?
A natural minor: French carol
E natural minor: French carol
E natural minor: Somerset folk song
C major: Accelerator
C major: Double Decker
A major: Sweet Betsy from Pike
F major: Two little angels
F major: Knock, knock!
B flat major: French folk song
D harmonic minor: Theme from Mahler's First Symphony
D harmonic minor: In orbit
A harmonic minor: Old man of Peru
G harmonic minor: Haunted house
G harmonic minor: Le Tambourin (Rameau)
D melodic minor: I gotta play those fiddle blues
D melodic minor: Shalom Chaverim
A melodic minor: We walk a narrow way
A melodic minor: Escalator cha-cha
G melodic minor: A bit of Bach (J. S. Bach)
G melodic minor: Mean street chase
Natural minors: Zum gali, gali