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    eXtreme A 12-week Guided Course in Scales, Arpeggios, & Double-stops SECOND EDITION by ELLEN ROSE ESOR Publications, Dallas, Texas MMXVI 4 PhotorYatia Sheiman Ellen Rose—Violist Filer Rose, a Juilliard Schoo! graduate, since 1 i, has served as Principal Violy of the Dallas Symphony Pinchas Zukerman and Yo-Yo Ma in chamber music concerts and has nemned with Fuzhak Perlm: appeared a the U.S, Burnpe and South America, She served on The Aspen music faculty fever rently teaches at S soloist and ehaml 989-2002 and « Records label hers Methodist University. Rose ean be heard on to CDs on the Ce fs, Rose has given master classes at The Juilliard School, Manhattan’ School of Music, and che Cleveland 1 sie, She has bee of former and guest speaker ar the fnternational Viola Con Viola Congress, She has written two books: Exvreme Viola {a scale book) and Mole Pos In January, 110, she presented a world premiere of a viola concerto dedicated ty ner by eompaser Mai Brouwer, commissioned by the Dallas Symphony. ln Maech of 2012, she recorded the concerto with fay Zaveden conducting members of the DSO, which is duc to be released in the Fall of 2016. In 2010, she returned to Romania to do master ¢ and chamber niusic concen, In the summer of 2010, she ined the faculy of the Surnmicr Institaie in Hungary. fn November, 2012, she did a recital tour of Chi Shanghai, » Beit, ai Conservaory f ensembles, In July, 2013 she participated in festivals in Romania and Hungasy iu ing muster classes at rhe Beijing Conservatory of Music and the Shan Music as well as Decem ow Yuan, pianist, recorded the recital svusie performed thremphoy Asa she has worked wish Children's Medical Center of Dallas to eaise money Fi unit ar raised Funds for ‘The Neon Center for abused and abandoned chil Chiaa was donated to the Kunming feremadonal Academy @ buy i cruments and create scholarships volunteer counselor at the Dallas Pregnancy Re nrce Center. Carsently she volunteers at th © JFK. Learning Bilen Rose's web site is heep:/ /ellenrosevios.com, Syllabus Series 1 xi 5 ~_ To the folowing pages, I present che syllabus for three T2-week segimens of study in scales, arpeggios and double- _ SCALES. Slurred Series (pages 2.3) 1. Before practicing the scales, learn the half-note triplet chythm and quarter-note triplet rhythm in 4/4 time as seen on page 2. Practice without the instrument frst, lapping out the rhythm while the metronome is on. Look careflly at the box entitled Suidiision of tps co eats how to subdivide mentally. Tips a. Start saying the cighth-note triplet subdivision out loud by counting “L, 2, 3°, over and over. Now count in the same triplet shythm but count “L, 2, 3,4”, over and over. Every time you say “One’ the beginning of the next hal note triplet. Emphasize the word “One” so that you can hese where it ‘occurs in the measure, Clap your hands whea you say that word. b. For the quarter-note triplet, count “L, 2, 3, 4,5, 6” stil saying it in a triplet meter. Clap your hands 8 each time you say the words “One,” “Three,” or “Five”, ae Wek CBr, A minor, page 6 Week Ti: F Major, D minor, page 7 © Now practice each of the rhythms in the slumed series by playing the seales: 2) pizaicato 18) with the left hand only (ao bow) ©) with the bow in the air playing the taythms (no feft hand) 4) playing normally using the shurred series from page 2 _ When practicing the Slumed Series, notice that the sixteenth aotes and sixteenth-note triplets are played twice. _ With each slurred series, itis essential co keep «rack of HOW MANY NOTES there are per bow. Iris helpful ro ‘say the nore aloud as you change bows. ‘Use a tuner to tune the 4th, 5th, and Sth degrees of the scale (the perfect intervals). This is the big sccret to _ playing in a key, Por example: when practicing « C major scale, use an electronic tuner to drone the tonic (C). Play - dah, Sth, and 8th degrees against the tonie note. ‘Concentrate on HAND FRAME, HAND BALANCE, and QUALITY OF HAND RELAXATION. Do scales frst without vibeatn, thea with vibrato, Always listen for a pare pitc’s. ‘Teolabe all the shifts in the seale and practice those alone. = Week LC Major, A minor, page 19 ‘Week I: F Major, D minoz, page 20 | L Do each axpegpio in the sequence with this routine: © Go note by note with a mune, using « drone pitch (tonic of scale). © Isolate the notes in one position focusing on left-hand balance and good finger placement, Then, shift to the ‘next position to practice that group of notes. '* Incorporate the following chythms in 3/4 time at quarter-note = 50: 8) each note of the arpeggio is a dotted half note in 3/4 time ) three quarter notes slurred ? ©) nine triplet eighths slurred €) The diminished and dominant seventh arpeggios should first be practiced in groups of three with the same thythmic value as the triplet arpeggios. After mastering them in triplet cighths, return to the sixiceath-note values with 12 notes per bow. i . eee nee EO Scale Practice Rhythms (slurred series) Allscales consist of pwenty-four notes ascending and twenty-four nutes descending ‘The scales are ro be plaved in 4/4 time wits the rhythms indicated in the box belove Excrame Vata! by Ellen Rose Scale Practice Rhythms, Shurred Series J =30 Wo cock caAcA hi ° SesseRensmasneneeae =, nO 16 toa bow -- play complete seale twice I: 24 to a bow ~ play complete scale twice

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