A Modern Method for Viola Scales (book/Audio Online)

Publisher: Berklee Press
Rob Thomas - A Modern Method for Viola Scales 
Format: Softcover Audio Online
Code No. HL 00339744

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.

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.