When performing in ensembles, each instrument part must be practiced and prepared individually.
After each player has prepared their own music part, ensemble rehearsals are more efficient and more enjoyable. When all players are prepared individually, the whole ensemble is then ready to rehearse together successfully as an orchestra team.
The next compositions require you to advance your technical performance skills. Remember the Quest Poster?
ALWAYS MAKE CONTINUOUS FORWARD PROGRESS,
REACHING HIGHER AND HIGHER SUCCESS LEVELS!
It is time for you to make forward progress and reach higher levels of performance success.
Challenge yourself to approach the exercises just like a professional athlete may, in this case — a string playing star.
Athletes spend hours of training time perfecting their game. Form, balance, precision and repetition of successful skill building exercises, help you to achieve greater performance success.
The next several pages contain technical exercises composed for individual practice.
Focus on creating your best and most comfortable technique.
Always listen to your pitch and practice to perfect accuracy.
Analyze, correct and enjoy building your technique, patiently.
Finger Intensity Hand Position Principles Hand Position Rhymes Space at the Base Swell the Well Swing the Wing
Hand Position Set-Up Violin Notes on D Viola Notes on D Cello Notes on D Bass Notes on D Violin Notes on A
Viola Notes on A Cello Notes on A Meet Guide Bass Notes on G D Major Training Exercises The Lower-Tetrachord
The Major Second The Major Third The Perfect Fourth The Upper-Tetrachord The Perfect Fifth The Major Sixth
The Major Seventh The Perfect Octave The Complete D Major Scale Left Thumb Logic Left Thumb Flexible Location
Knuckle Leverage D Major Etudes Arpeggio Patterns D Major Mastery Checkpoint Extending the Instrument’s Range
Finger Location Terms Violin Notes on G Viola Notes on G Cello Notes on G Bass Notes on E Bass Notes on A
Viola Notes on C Cello Notes on C Violin Notes on E Third Position Principles Violin Third Position on E
Third Position Measurement Differences D Major Harmony Interval Categories Orchestra Harmony in D Major
Preparing for Orchestra Pieces Divisi Protocol Orchestra Chord Textures Ensemble Engine Technique Building
Practice Coins Violin Technique Builder Viola Technique Builder Cello Technique Builder Bass Technique Builder
Dynamic March Theme and Variations Bowing Dynamics Dynamic March Performance Details Linked Bowing Exercise
Off-Beats Exercise Neighbor Notes Complete Dynamic March Composition Score and Parts