Book/Online Audio Viola
SKU: HL.339744
Berklee Guide. Method.
Softcover Audio Online.
120 pages. Published by
Berklee Press
(HL.339744).
ISBN
9780876392089. UPC:
840126916744.
9.0x12.0x0.336
inches.
Develop
mastery and control over
the viola fingerboard, in
all keys. Whether you are
playing classical, jazz,
fiddle tunes, or other
styles, these
twenty-first century
strategies can
significantly improve
your technique and
musicality, and provide
the foundation for
improvisation. Play-along
audio tracks are included
for accompaniment, as you
begin to explore this
previously uncharted but
essential territory. This
approach is core to
Berklee's viola
curriculum. The book
covers: Fingering
strategies for
comfortably playing in
all keys; Scale diagrams
for easily visualizing
your fingerboard; Major,
minor, and pentatonic
scales, modes, and
arpeggios; Etudes
applying these scales and
arpeggios in an
improvisational context;
Essential chord and scale
relationships that are
useful for improvising;
Exercises to help
memorize and internalize
the scales; and more! Rob
Thomas is a professor in
the Berklee College of
Music String Department,
where he has taught since
2002. He has performed
and recorded with the
String Trio of New York,
the Jazz Passengers,
Chuck Owen's Jazz Surge
big band, the Mahavishnu
Project, the Chris Parker
Quintet, Gypsy Jazz
Caravan, and many
others.
