Pieces, puzzles, scales and arpeggios by Kathy Blackwell and David Blackwell.
The revised edition of Viola Time Scales 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 Viola 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
C major: Super sprinter
C major: Step, skip, jump!
G major: Follow me
G major: Ring my number
C major: Fast food
C major: What's in your sandwich?
A natural minor: French carol
A natural minor: French carol
A natural minor: Somerset folk song
F major: Accelerator
F major: Double Decker
D major: Sweet Betsy from Pike
B flat major: Two little angels
B flat major: Knock, knock!
E flat major: French folk song
D harmonic minor: Theme from Mahler's First Symphony
D harmonic minor: In orbit
C harmonic minor: Old man of Peru
G harmonic minor: Haunted house
G harmonic minor: Le Tambourin (Rameau)
D melodic minor: I gotta play those viola blues
D melodic minor: Shalom Chaverim
C melodic minor: We walk a narrow way
C melodic minor: Escalator cha-cha
G melodic minor: A bit of Bach (J. S. Bach)
G melodic minor: Mean street chase 2