Grade 8 Violin Scales Practice Sheet

Monday

Tuesday

Vibrato Exercise Bb major 3rds rd

th

(practice: 3 /perfect 4 /8ve and slurred repeated) - Slow long bows to tune intervals. Wait till sound settles - Think placement of next note in relation to the last.

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Vibrato Exercise

Vibrato Exercise

Vibrato Exercise

Vibrato Exercise

G harmonic minor 8ve, G melodic minor 8ve

Eb major 6ths, D major 8ve

Bb major 3rds

G harmonic minor 8ve, G melodic minor 8ve

Eb: 2nd and 3rd finger closer

(practice: 3rd/perfect 4th/8ve and slurred repeated)

- Go straight across by turning LH elbow - Cleaner sound between notes - Only wiggle new finger

- Slow long bows to tune intervals. Wait till sound settles - Think placement of next note in relation to the last.

- Practice 1st finger alone first - Cleaner sound between notes

- Practice 1st finger alone first - Cleaner sound between notes

Db: Practice 1st finger alone first

Diminished 7ths Starting on Ab, A, Bb

Dominant 7ths In the key of D, Eb, E, F

Chromatic Scales Starting on A, C, C#, E, F, F#, G

Diminished 7ths Starting on Ab, A, Bb

Dominant 7ths In the key of D, Eb, E, F

(separate bow and slurred each octave)

(separate bow and slurred each octave)

(separate bow and slurred all)

(separate bow and slurred each octave)

(separate bow and slurred each octave)

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Check with open strings Use second finger as guide Turn LH elbow and thumb Each 8ve an exact replica of the previous - 1 3(high), 1 3(low)

- Turn LH elbow and thumb - Keep 1st finger down - Play confidently with direction to top and bottom - Each 8ve an exact replica of the previous - High 1 3, Low 1 3

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Check with open strings Use second finger as guide Turn LH elbow and thumb Each 8ve an exact replica of the previous - 1 3(high), 1 3(low)

- Turn LH elbow and thumb - Keep 1st finger down - Play confidently with direction to top and bottom - Each 8ve an exact replica of the previous - High 1 3, Low 1 3

Db and D (3 octaves) Major, harmonic minor, melodic minor, arpeggios

G, Ab and A (3 octaves) Major, harmonic minor, melodic minor, arpeggios

Bb, B and C (3 octaves) Major, harmonic minor, melodic minor, arpeggios

Eb and E (2 octaves) Major, harmonic minor, melodic minor, arpeggios

F and F# (2 octaves) Major, harmonic minor, melodic minor, arpeggios

(separate bow and slurred 3 octaves)

(separate bow and slurred 3 octaves)

(separate bow and slurred 3 octaves)

(separate bow and slurred 2 octaves)

(separate bow and slurred 2 octaves)

- Keep more than one finger down at a time especially when descending - Wider spaces when shifting down - Arpeggios: light shift

- Keep more than one finger down at a time especially when descending - Wider spaces when shifting down - Arpeggios: light shift

- Keep more than one finger down at a time especially when descending - Wider spaces when shifting down - Arpeggios: light shift

- Turn LH elbow and thumb - Keep 1st finger down - Bow very near bridge

- Turn LH elbow and thumb - Keep 1st finger down - Bow very near bridge

- Bow close to bridge - Check A on E String - Intervals grow bigger when descending on E String

*All scales: firm 1st note, more weight for lower string, lean on last note, good and clean sound for every note, play closer to the bridge, keep violin up, when in high position don’t shift until notes are finished, relax RH-don’t squeeze bow