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, as you begin to explore this previously uncharted but essential territory. This approach is core to Berklee’s viola curriculum.
In this book, you will find:
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
“A Modern Method for Viola Scales is so much more than a technique book; it’s a life resource for string musicians. This tangible study of scale design in so many varied forms is immediately applicable to improvisation, arranging, composition, and more. Professor Rob Thomas has cracked the code on how students can access and apply these theoretical concepts in real time with ease. After years of utilizing Rob’s approach in lessons with intermediate and advanced students, and students new to improvisation, it is apparent that these scale and etude studies develop deeper skills under the hand and in the ear. I highly recommend this book for string players and string teachers looking to prepare musicianship for the current industry landscape.”
—Chelsey Green, D.M.A., Violinist, Violist, Vocalist. Associate Professor, String Department,
Berklee College of Music
“Multi-style viola players have been anxiously waiting for a comprehensive system for scale study, and thanks to Rob Thomas, we now have a fantastic resource! A Modern Method for Viola Scales is a user-friendly method book that shines a light on the mysteries of learning, practicing, and implementing scale study. No multi-style strings library should be without it!”
—Martha Mooke, Electro-Acoustic Violist/Composer Director of NJCU Multi-Style Strings Program Yamaha/Eventide/Thomastik-Infeld Artist
“Rob Thomas’s A Modern Method for Viola Scales belongs in the library—and in the fingers—of every serious violist. For many years, Rob’s approach has laid the essential technical foundation for violists of all genres at Berklee College of Music. Time and again, his systematic approach to mastering all diatonic modes in all twelve keys has produced immediate and far-reaching results.
“In my estimation, this scale system represents a significant contribution to the viola literature. Rob’s approach addresses contemporary musical language, harmony, ear training, and improvisation, all while laying a secure foundation for classical repertoire.
“My students and I have reaped tremendous dividends from internalizing and practicing Rob’s system. You and your students will too.”
—David Wallace, D.M.A., Chair of the String Department, Berklee College of Music
Authors
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas is a highly regarded jazz multi-instrumentalist, fluent on violin, viola, cello, and bass. JazzTimes calls him “a violinist…
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