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 the next one when we have finished our desired speeds.
We begin with the ordinary scale:
We’ve got six quarter notes on one bow which is pretty much, especially when you adjust your metronome to 56. But the effect of training is huge when it comes to controlled bowing movements.
As you might have expected we need a second tempo:
And a third one:
When you redouble this after a couple of weeks it gets really exciting.
Now we go on to the triads:
The bowing is much easier because we have to play just two quarter notes on one bow.
The next tempo goes like this:
And another one:
When you have finished all triads you should carry on to the diminished seventh chord:
This chord is difficult to play. Not so much because of technical issues. It’s more our lack of practice playing chords like this. They simply sound strange, a little weird. It’s more a matter of training for our ears to play them well.
So before you go on check your intonation even more thoroughly.
Redouble as usual:
Although it’s possible to double this again it’s very difficult and takes time. So be patient.
The subsequent major seventh chord is played accordingly.
Next time we’ll have a look at the remaining measures on this second page.
Have fun!
