Tom's Practice Page

MadCity Viola & Violin Studio

Warm-ups

  • Lifting
  • Sliding
  • Switching
  • Bow Spider

Vibrato

C Major Scale

C Major at 40

C Major at 50

C Major at 60

Shifting

Shifting 1

Shifting 2

With Shifts 3x at 40

Tuning

Tuning 2

Tuning 3

Tuning 4

Triplets

Triplets at 50

Triplets at 70

Triplet Practice Rhythms

Triplet PR 40–52

Triplet PR at 60

Triplet PR at 80

Arpeggio

Arpeggio Triplets at 70

Arpeggio Triplets at 90

Arpeggio Triplet PR at 80

Measures 1–4

mm 1-4 tuning in half notes x3 at 60

mm 1-4 x3 at 40

mm 1-4 x3 at 50

Measures 5–13 & mm 23–24

mm 5 tuning x5 at 60 per 8th

mm 5-8 tuning in half notes x3 at 50

mm 7-8 tuning x5 at 60 per 8th

mm 5-8 x3 at 40

mm 5-8 x3 at 50

mm 9-13 tuning in half notes x3 at 50

mm 9-13 x3 at 40

mm 9-13 x3 at 50

mm 23-24 tuning x5 at 60 per 8th

Section by Section

mm 1-10 x3 at 50

mm 11-20 x3 at 50

mm 21-30 x3 at 50

mm 31-end x3 at 50

Tuning: mm1–11

Shifting mm3-4

Tuning mm1-4

Tuning mm4-6

Tuning mm4-6 3x at 40

Tuning mm4-6 3x at 50

Tuning mm4-6 3x at 60

Tuning mm5-6

Tuning mm6

Tuning mm6-8 3x at 40

Tuning mm6-8 3x at 50

Tuning mm6-8 3x at 60

Tuning mm10

Tuning: mm12–end

mm12-13 Shifting

Tuning mm12-17 3x at 40

Tuning mm12-17 3x at 50

Tuning mm12-17 3x at 60

Tuning mm18-20 3x at 40

Shifting mm19-20

Tuning mm21-22 3x at 40

Tuning mm23-25 3x at 40

Tuning mm26-28 3x at 40

Last measures with shift 20x

Practice Rhythms (full piece)

PR 3x each 40-60

PR 3x each 50-65

PR 3x each 60-75

Practice Rhythms Individual (40-52)

PR1 40-52

PR2 40-52

PR3 40-52

PR4 40-52

PR5 40-52

PR6 40-52

PR7 40-52

Practice Rhythms Individual (50-63)

PR1 50-63

PR2 50-63

PR3 50-63

PR4 50-63

PR5 50-63

PR6 50-63

PR7 50-63

Practice Rhythms mm6–8

mm6-8 PR 3x each 40-55

mm6-8 PR 3x each 50-65

mm6-8 PR 3x each 60-75

Beg–mm11

Beg-mm11 3x at 50

Beg-mm11 3x at 60

Beg-mm11 3x at 72

Beg-mm11 3x at 88

mm12–17

mm12-17 3x at 50

mm12-17 3x at 60

mm12-17 3x at 72

mm12-17 3x at 88

mm18–23

mm18-23 3x at 50

mm18-23 3x at 60

mm18-23 3x at 72

mm18-23 3x at 88

mm24–end

mm24-end 3x at 50

mm24-end 3x at 60

mm24-end 3x at 72

mm24-end 3x at 88

Play-throughs

Play-through at 72

Play-through at 88