SCALES: SCALES AND SCALE STUDIES FOR THE VIOLA
BY SIMON FISCHER

VIOLA STUDIES & TUTORS
SERIES: EDITION PETERS
COMPOSED BY: SIMON FISCHER
INSTRUMENT: VIOLA
FORMAT: BOOK

DESCRIPTION:
-THIS IS A SCALE BOOK OF UNPRECEDENTED SCOPE. SIMON FISCHER HAS DEVELOPED AN ENTIRELY NEW METHOD IN WHICH, USING THE TRADITIONAL WAYS OF PRACTISING SCALES ONLY AS A POINT OF DEPARTURE, HE FOCUSES ON NUMEROUS OFTEN-NEGLECTED ASPECTS OF THE VIOLIST’S TECHNIQUE. FOR EVERY ELEMENT HE HAS DESIGNED EXERCISES THAT SENSITIZE THE EAR, STIMULATE THE MIND AND BUILD THE PLAYING APPARATUS OF THE VIOLIST.

-THE MANY OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF THIS BOOK INCLUDE:

-HOW TO STRUCTURE INTONATION AROUND PERFECT INTERVALS AND LEADING NOTES
-A NEW APPROACH TO LEARNING HOW TO TIME SHIFTS
-EXTENSIVE NOTATION FOR PREPARING AND HOLDING DOWN FINGERS
-ONE-, TWO-, THREE- AND FOUR-OCTAVE SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS
-TWO-OCTAVE SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS ON ONE STRING
-NEW SEQUENCES FOR SINGLE-FINGER SCALES

-MANY WELL-KNOWN FISCHER CLASSICS ARE ALSO INCORPORATED, INCLUDING PRACTICE METHODS FOR
INTONATION, SMOOTH BOWING, STRING CROSSING, FAST FINGERS, FOURTH-FINGER EXTENSIONS AND PLACING FINGERS IN BLOCKS. THE INNOVATIVE AND WIDE-RANGING MATERIAL IN SCALES KEEPS THE PLAYER TURNING THE PAGES, DISCOVERING YET MORE EXCITING WAYS TO APPROACH SCALES. THE WEALTH OF THOUGHT-PROVOKING EXERCISES ENCOURAGES VIOLISTS TO RE-EVALUATE THEIR PRACTICE – DEVELOPING THE PLAYING SKILLS OF VIOLISTS AT ALL LEVELS FROM INTERMEDIATE TO PROFESSIONAL.