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The Nasty Scales Part 5

by Steve Maus

Going on in Flesch’s Scale System we stumble upon the double stops. So let’s begin with the thirds. As usual he published just one version, so we have to adapt this part to our requirements: We start with a slow speed to adjust our intonation. If we are not that experienced we will almost certainly [...]

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The Nasty Scales Part 4

by Steve Maus

There is one part left in our selection of scales across all four strings. After our dominant seventh chord we go on: Similar to the first page we have got thirds, just across four strings this time. The published fingering is excellent, so we won’t change that. If you have a copy with two options [...]

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The Nasty Scales Part 3

by Steve Maus

Let’s shift to the second gear. Or better: the second page. If you turn the page you’ll stumble upon the three octave scales on all four strings. The pattern used for practicing those scales is similar to the scales on one string. We work on every scale, every triad seperately and we carry on to [...]

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The Nasty Scales Part 2

by Steve Maus

I hope you made good progress with your scales, which are a little dry, I must admit. But they are excellent exercises to improve speed, precision and intonation. Today we have a look at the remaining part of the scales on one string. Let’s start with the thirds: This time we have four notes on [...]

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The Nasty Scales Part 1

by Steve Maus

Actually I planned to post an article about the bow hold. But in the past weeks there have been several questions about practicing scales. So, here we go. A couple of years ago one of my teachers told me something like this: Everybody who wants to have at least a little success on the violin [...]

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