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    SAMUEL FLOR THE POSITIONS Technique Melodies Scales for VIOLA 13873, Bs BOSTON MUSIC COMPANY FOREWORD In the life of every growing Violist, the playing of the Positions represents a major Turning Point. There is no short-cut in achieving this skill. Many innovations were started, but so far the conventional way of progressing from one position to the next has proven the best. All the Exercises in this Method are melodious so that the student is not aware of the difficulties when pro- gressing from one position to the other. The Exercise of Independent Fingers (No. 1) as well as Exercise No. 2, have proven to be most valuable for the left hand, Many great Violists and Viola Teachers have used these or similar Exercises in their teaching. The Explanations for all the Exercises should be fol- lowed with great care. The development of the pattern regarding the use of the Thumb (Exercise No, 10 and No. 31) is one of the important factors“of mastering the Positions. ‘The playing of Scales is necessary for the development of technique and intonation on the Viola. The student should practise the Seale of D Major (No. 74) until the Fingerings are mastered thoroughly. Because of the iden- tical Finger pattern in all the other Scales and Arpeggios, the first Scale (D Major) and the first Arpeggios (E flat Major) are the Basis for the progress in che Seales. The daily practise should start with Exercises No. 1 and 2, and a Seale. The Scale progressing each week one half step upwards until A flat Major is reached, then downward. If there is little time for practise, Exercises No. 1 and 2, and a Seale will do to keep technique and intonation in shape. If this Volume is followed faithfully, the future de- velopment for good viola playing is open. SAMUEL FLor ot =_aihs Exercise No.1 Exercise No. 1 Position of the Fingers on Position of the Fingers on the © and G Strings the D and A Strings Exercise No. 1. THE EXERCISE OF INDEPENDENT FINGERS. This is to be practiced daily; Three Fingers are firmly pressed on the String, while one Finger is playing. To start the Exercise all four Fingers: A, B,C and D, should be placed on the G String as indicated with the square notes at the beginning ======= Lift only the first Finger, Keeping the other Fingers on the G String and stat on the C String; SEES = Leaving the first Finger on the © String, life only the second Finger and continue on the C Strings SESE Keeping the fourth Finger stil A on the G String lit only the third Finger and play ZEEE Keeping the frst second and third Finger firmly on the © Siring, lit only the fourth Pinger and play SEF KEEP ALL FOUR FINGERS ON THE C STRING. Litt aS only the Ist Finger from the C String and play SS ‘The Bow has the tendency to follow the fourth Finger, so the Student should be very careful to keep the Bow ton the G String, Continue on the G String leaving the third and fourth Fingers on the C String, lift only the seeond Finger and play SESESEGE Keeping the first and second Finger on the G String and the fourth Finger on the C = String, lift the third Finger and play = First, second and third Fingers are now on the G String. Lift the “ to toh Fae and pay SEFSBE Comin on te D and ASKring in he sme mans wpvard eS ete SEE ac ois place at four Fingers are on the A Sting In Measure 17 the Exercise continues downward i.e Oe ere ane om ee ete wee cae are: Neer neem et a) = — an the D String and continue === on the A String. Continue to hold the silent Fingers firmly in thei place. —— Place the second on =EE and play =FEEFE on tne A String, Continue the same way on the D, G and © Strings. ‘This is the best way of giving your Fingers Strength and Independence. The Exercise lasts about 2 Minutes. Don't be discouraged if you do not succeed at the Beginning. It takes weeks to do this| Exercise correctly. Many of the greatest Viola Artists are playing this Exercise daily. START YOUR DAILY PRACTICE WITH EXERCISE NO. 1 © Copyrigh 1975 by SAMUEL FLOR Philadelphia Pa. 19107 International Copyright Secured Made in U.S. A, All Rights Reserved The Exercise of Independent Fingers samvet Fue ea All 4 Fingers should at all times be firmly on the Strings. 4 4 oa + Exercise No. 2 should be your daily Exercise following Exercise No. 1 2 oa Second Position Exercle No. 2. So far the left hand has been kevin one postion, This isthe frat nostion, Now we move into the oer position. Place your Fingers on the C Sting SEES shide vour Thumb which has always been across from the first Finger, up about a half inch, so that it is across from the second Finger. Leave your Thumb there and slide Your whole left hand up about a half inch. Now the Thumb is across from the first Finger. Your first Finger is now pee Si ee eer ea = on the place of FE == your second on F 3 5 BM. Co, 19873 Y Stet top eT #Re CEE af Ist Pinger high — > ey 1 a2 Ef =e [P= = = yy aS ee Gr Ist Finger hign Bo Exercise No. 10. SILENT LEFT HAND EXERCISE. Press the Viola firmly under your chin, ‘The ‘Thumb should bx used as an anchor and should not move. Slide each Finger as indicated up and down always with the whole hand. (except thumb), Never the Finger alone. The distance while sliding seems longer than usual. The distance uf a half step is about a half inch. the distance of a whole step is about a whole inch, Be sure not to lift the Finger while sliding. This will be your Daily Exercise until you reach Exercise No. 31 Left hand exereise, first without, then with bow: ifting from First to Second Position Exereise Noo U1. Every change ot Vositivn shoold be done with the whole hand, nat auc with the Ba lelody played in the first eS SSS5peu pS Sa SaaS Ses Third Position Buerise No. 1. Place your Fingers ss vstal inthe Ist, Poston on the € String S=EEEE Slide the Thumb of your left hand up, so that the Thumb should be across from the 3rd Finger. Now slide the whole hand up so that the Ist Finger is or =SF= Now the Thumb is across from your Ist. Finger. Same on G. D, A Strings G string als 4 18 D string 5 o A string 20 Exercise No. 22. Make it a Rule to keep all your Fingers on the String as much as possible. In the Third Position the part of your left palm, should almost touch the back of the Viola. The left Elbow should be turned more nside. The Thumb should never protrude above the Fingerboard. The eloser the Hand moves to the Bridge, the more pressure is needed to press the Strings down on the Fingerboard and the closer are the distances between the F to Allegro (fast) 8 eeeete Andante 9 5 1 aly SS ee ee ee ay + Syncopation count in the middle of the Note. Memorize Exer tte tte t » , ne He ijt te ih ll Natural Harmonic Exereise No. 29. The natural Harmonic is produced by touching the string with one Finger very lightly, while the other Fingers ate not touching the string, but held in position. The natural Harmonic is also called Harmonic, The notation for the Harmonic is 4. The Finger should touch very lightly on the indicated spot which divides the String into equal parts. The Intonation must be perfect, The Harmonic will not sound at all if the Finger is not on the right spot. If you don’t get the harmonic sound, slide the Finger lightly a half inch up or down, to find the center of the the whole left hand must be in the third Position, while the fourth Finger stretches to reach the Harmonie. feb J 4 = q 21

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