Viola Time Book 2. RGP (Release, Glide and Press) Shifting Method 2. When you see this picture, you should ask your teacher to explain and help you!

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2 Viola Time ook When you see this picture, you should ask your teacher to explain and help you! RP (Release, lide and Press) Shifting Method st inger shifting without accidentals xercise : st- shifting in major Scale and arpeggio of major Kayaking own the Tarwin Scale and arpeggio of melodic and harmonic minor Your turn to coose major coosition in st - rd position Playing with a singing tone owing technique xercise : Playing with a singing tone xercise : ontrolling the sound in the UH and LH of the bow st inger shifting with flats 6 xercise : st rd position shifting in major 6 Scale and arpeggio of major 6 Scale and arpeggio of harmonic minor 6 La estaiola 7 Ornamentation xercise : inger strengthening exercises for ornamentation xercise 6: The Trill The Upper Mordent The ppoggiatura Your turn to coose major coosition using st - rd position nd inger shifting with sharp xercise 7: st-rd position shifting in major Scale and arpeggio of major Waltz elice nd inger shifting with flat Scale and arpeggio of harmonic and melodic minor xercise : st-rd position shifting in major Scale and arpeggio of major Sea iscuit nd-nd and st-nd inger shifting with flats xercise : st-rd position shifting in major xercise : Using the guide note Waltzing Through the Mistletoe nd and rd inger shifting with flats 6 xercise : st-rd position shifting in minor/ major 6 Scale and arpeggio of harmonic and melodic minor 6 Scale and arpeggio of major 6 Non Piangere 7 rd inger shifting with flats xercise : st-rd position shifting in major/ minor Scale and arpeggio of melodic minor The lues Singer rd inger shifting with sharp xercise : st-rd position shifting in major Oom Pah Pah! Lilt in the ir Spiccato Preparation xercise : Ricochet bowing xercise : Spiccato bowing Tango tude Pizzicato hords 6 xercise 6: hordal pizzicato 6 Scale and arpeggio of harmonic and melodic minor 6 Quick as a lash 7 March of the Swagman nd Position (low form) xercise 7: Semitone shifting to the low form of nd position xercise : Tone shifting to the low form of nd position Scale and arpeggio of major Tango Waltz Your Turn to oose major coosition using st and nd position nd inger shifting with sharps xercise : Shifting to the high form of nd position Jolly Jerry Vibrato 6 xercise : Vibrato 6 Sono Triste 7 Tears for lsa Street ances at Sunset hromatic Scales xercise : Pitch checking while playing chromatics hromatically Relaxed ouble Stops 6 xercise : ouble stopping in rds in the keys of, and major 6 Scale and arpeggio of harmonic and melodic minor 6 xercise : ouble stopping in 6ths in the keys of 7, and major Scale and arpeggio of major 7 ouble or Nothing Words/Signs and Terms

3 RP Shifting Method Shifting is when you move your whole left hand up or down the fingerboard in order to change notes. In ook every piece only used the st position. In ook you will learn how play in nd and rd position. The RP technique helps you to move between st, nd, and rd position. ndante q = 6 Kayaking down the Tarwin w Try playing Kayaking down the Tarwin while reading the music. Then, when you feel extra confident, close the book and try playing it from memory! Playing from memory Nicole is a illimoria great skill to develop, and makes any performance even more special for the player and the audience! Release the finger pressure from the string lide the whole hand (thumb included) along the neck/ fingerboard of the violin. The shifting finger will ghost its way up the string as it lightly touches the string while shifting. J w Press the finger down once it has arrived on the new note. st finger shifting without accidentals Scale and rpeggio of major Use inger hart to help you determine where the semitones and tones are when playing with no sharps or flats (which are the keys of major or minor), in rd position! ghost between shifts and listen to the pitch xercise : st- shifting in major Use iagram on the right to help you with seeing how far your hand should shift to reach the rd position notes. w iagram inger chart No Sharps or lats rd Position iagram iagram 7 st Position st Position st Position st Position st Position Points for Parents 7 iagram iagram iagram To practise shifting from st to rd position with the st finger, using the Release, lide, and Press (RP) technique as shown in. iagram iagram To learn the note names in rd position, remembering that there is a natural. st Position To practise sight-reading in st and rd position. To practise playing from memory lats ( ) w Mark in the semitones of the scale with your pencil to help you remember st Position whether your fingers should be a tone apart or a semitone apart! # # nn w st Position st Position iagram 6 st Position nd Position Low orm Scale and rpeggio of melodic and harmonic minor Listen carefully to the ghost note when shifting (the sound the finger makes when lightly gliding between st and rd position) and only press down on the string when you can hear the correct pitch of the new note. Without using the bow, hold the violin and place the fingers on the fingerboard while saying the note names aloud in rd position. inger hart can help you identify whether fingers are a tone or a semitone apart. poco rall # # Teacher hecklist an shift using the RP technique. Listens to the ghost note while gliding the finger up or down the string. Student shifts using the whole hand, and the thumb always remains opposite the pointer finger. an play from memory. Theory Poco rall... stands for poco rallentando which means gradually becoming a little slower. dot preceding a note lengthens it by half of its value. i.e. a dotted minim lasts for a minim plus a crotchet ( crotchet beats in total).

4 st finger shifting with flats La estaiola La estaiola When playing in rd position, try checking your rd position notes with the open string. or exale st finger (in rd position) on string should sound lovely and in tune when played with Open string. Nicole illimoria b b b b b b b b b xercise : st - rd position shifting in major Use the finger chart and notice how your st finger will be shifting from a lower position up to rd position. Scale and arpeggio of major w iagram iagram st Position st Position iagram iagram iagram st Position st Position b b b iagram iagram 6 st Position st Position b b b b b b llegro ma non troppo LH J nb J J j j j. j j n. b b b. J J.>o Πb b b b b b Scale and arpeggio of harmonic minor n n n w iagram 7 st Position inger chart lats ( ) rd Position iagram st Position st Position iagram 7 st Position LH nd Position Low orm b b b b b b J nb J J j.>o ΠPoints for Parents 6 La estaiola has a, and an, which means it could be in one of two keys. major or its relative, minor. When a piece is in a minor key, it often has a melancholy (sad) sound as opposed to pieces in a major key, which sound more uplifting (happy). oes La estaiola sound happy or sad? lat Sharp To practise shifting from st to rd position using the st finger (see iagram ) To revise where the semitones occur in the key of major in st and rd position. To practise playing two consecutive up bow quavers To practise the augmented nd interval as it occurs during the piece in the key of harmonic minor ( to ) Practise saying the syncopated rhythm (ti-tati) using the metronome. Practise stretching from an to a on the string (ugmented nd) Learn where the semitones occur in rd position by studying the finger chart. Revise where the semitones are in st position by playing the major scale Teacher hecklist an play the whole piece in tune and in time with the metronome. Student uses the correct shifting technique (RP). hosts (lightly glides the finger along the string) between st and rd position. Lands notes in st and rd position exactly without glissando or guessing. an play with the correct bowing style in the correct parts of the bow. Theory La estaiola begins and ends on a, just like the minor scale. lso, the note occurs frequently during the piece. Sometimes in minor keys the second last note of the scale (the 7th scale degree) is raised by a semitone to add melodic colour to the music. very major scale has a minor scale with the same key signature, this is called a relative minor, or vice versa, it would be called a relative major. Π& crotchet rest lasts for one crotchet beat quaver rest lasts for one quaver beat 7

5 Points for Parents Waltz elice To learn to play in the style of a waltz, beat being the strongest and beats and being the weak beats. To learn where the semitones are in rd position when playing with one sharp (#). To practice shifting from st to rd position using the nd finger as shown in iagram. Think of the rhythm as being Oom (beat ) pah pah (beat and ). Practise the bowing divisions in bar by using more bow on the rd beat to bring out the crescendo. Learn the note names by studying the finger chart and singing the piece in fixed pitch. heck notes in rd position with open strings to ensure they are in tune! nd finger shifting with sharp xercise 7: st-rd position shifting in major This exercise shifts between an to an, and a # to an as shown in iagram. iagram # j # m m race notes are decorative notes played on the st beat of the note, to which they are linked. The st and st Position nd fingers should both remain on the string and glide up together when shifting between st and rd position. Scale and arpeggio of major # # w iagram st Position Teacher hecklist an play in time with the metronome and in tune. Understands the concept of sile triple time. Is familiar with the bowing divisions needed to play slurred staccato. an play with full use of the bow in order to maximize the dynamics. iagram iagram 7 st Position lat ( ) iagram iagram iagram iagram st Position st Position st Position st Position inger chart Sharp ( ) Theory Sile Triple time means that there are crotchet beats per bar. The first beat being the strongest followed by two weaker beats. waltz is a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat of each bar. iagram 6 lats ( ) iagram st Position st Position st Position rdst Position nd Position Low orm st Position 6 6 Teo di waltz Teo di waltz Waltz elice # # # #.. Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~~.. Ÿ~~~~ m m # # J J j j # # # Ÿ. # Ÿ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # #.> #.>...> #.. Œ Œ Œ Œ # # # #.. Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~.. Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ m m # # Teo di waltz Waltz elice Waltz elice lat Sharp

6 Your turn to oose! nd finger shifting with sharps major coosition using st-nd position Try coosing a tune using st position and the low form of nd position in this key. Remember to ask yourself: What is the key signature? nd what is the time signature? xercise : Shifting to the high form of nd position In the following exercises the st finger shifts a tone to nd position. Take note that the semitones occur between the st and nd fingers in nd position. b b b # # high form of nd position (where st finger moves to an #) # # n n high form of nd position (where st finger moves to a ) # # n n high form of nd position (where st finger moves to an ) # # high form of nd position (where st finger moves to a #) iagram inger chart 7 Sharp ( ) nd Position (High orm) st Position nd Position High orm st Position nd Position High orm b

7 ouble or Nothing # llegro Ó middle of the bow # V # # # # Œ.> # # n # # Points for Parents To revise playing tunnels using the left hand while playing double stops and also while playing fast quaver passages. To learn double stopping (playing two notes at once). To revise playing fast quavers in the middle of the bow. Practise the double stop notes separately and slowly. Where possible, double-check the tuning of rd fingers with the open strings below and the st finger with the open string above. The intervals you will be listening for will be a perfect octave and a perfect fourth respectively. Play in the middle of the bow and follow the tunnel markings for the left hand (indicated by a finger marking with a long line) in order to achieve accurate pitch. Teacher hecklist an play in tune and in time with the metronome. Uses tunnels where marked. Plays the double stops in tune and knows how to check their pitch when practising at home. Theory ouble stopping is when strings are played at once.