Inhalt
- PART I: INTRODUCTION
- Preface: Why Another Scale Book?
- The Sequential Plan for Learning and Practicing Scales
- How to Use the Drones
- PART II: BEGINNING SCALES
- Chapter 1 - The First Scales and Arpeggios
- The First Scales and Arpeggios: C, G, D, and F
- Backward Extension Scales: Bf and Ef Major
- Forward Extension Scales: A and D (Lower Octave) Major and D Major (Two Octaves)
- PART III: PREPARATION FOR INTERMEDIATE SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS
- Chapter 2 - The Right Arm
- The Three Principles of Tone Production
- Maintaining a Consistent Contact Point
- Core Sound
- Block of Sound
- Relaxation and Good Body Mechanics
- Upper Arm/Lower Arm
- Elbow Arc
- Balance and Left/Right Motion (“Contrary Motion”)
- Important Rules for Controlling Sound
- Chapter 3 - The Left Arm
- Left-Hand Positions
- Diagram of Cello Positions
- Extensions
- The Five-Step Process for Training Extensions
- Chapter 4 - Intonation
- Helpful Ways to Improve Intonation
- Checking Intonation with Open Strings
- The Jesselson “Five-Step Process for Playing in Tune”
- Three Tuning Systems
- PART IV: INTERMEDIATE SCALES
- Chapter 5 - Pre-Feuillard Two-Octave Major Scales and Arpeggios
- “1, 2, and 4-to-a-Bow” and Off-the-String Bowing Variations
- Chapter 6 - Two-Octave Scales and Arpeggios Based on the Feuillard Systems
- Chapter 7 - Two-Octave Scales and Arpeggios: The Next Steps
- Bow Distribution
- Four Basic Bow Distribution Exercises
- Frog and Tip Bow Coordination Exercises
- Shifting
- One-Finger Scales on One String
- Over-Extensions
- Ghost Shifts
- Chapter 8 - The “Mary” System
- Chapter 9 - Thumb-Position One-Octave Scales and Arpeggios
- Establishing Thumb Position
- Interval Spacing Between the Fingers in Thumb Position
- Bow Intonation
- PART V: ADVANCED SCALES
- Chapter 10 - Three-Octave Scales and Four-Octave Arpeggios Based on the Feuillard Systems
- Descending New-Finger Shifts
- Thumb Placement
- Bowing Variations
- Chapter 11 - Scales on One String
- One-Octave Scales on One String
- Two-Octave Scales on One String
- Two-Finger Two-Octave Scale on One String
- Three-Finger Two-Octave Scale on One String
- Two-Octave Arpeggios on One String
- Chapter 12 - The “Around and Around” System
- Chapter 13 - Universal Fingering System
- Two-Octave Major and Minor Scales with the Universal Fingering
- Two-Octave Arpeggios with the Universal Fingering
- Three-Octave Scales with the Universal Fingering
- Three and Four-Octave Arpeggios with the Universal Fingering
- Chapter 14 - The Galamian System
- Buchholz Variation
- Lucktenberg Bowing and Rhythm Variations
- Chapter 15 - Velocity Scales
- Chapter 16 - The Fourth Octave
- Chapter 17 - Chromatic, Whole-Tone, Octatonic, and Quarter-Tone Scales
- Chromatic Scales
- Whole-Tone Scales
- Octatonic Scales
- Quarter-Tone Scales
- Chapter 18 - Thumb-Position Tetrachord Scales
- Thumb-Position Scales Using Tetrachords
- Thumb-Position Modal Scales
- PART VI: SCALES IN DOUBLE STOPS
- Chapter 19 - Introduction to Double-Stop Scales
- Just Intonation
- Six Double-Stop Bowing Variations
- Chapter 20 - Scales in Sixths
- One-Octave Major Scales in Sixths
- Gordon Epperson’s Fingerings for Two-Octave Major Scales in Sixths
- Richard Aaron’s Major and Minor Scales in Sixths with a Universal Fingering
- Three-Octave Major Scales in Sixths
- Chapter 21 - Scales in Thirds
- Chapter 22 - Scales in Octaves
- PART VII: OTHER SCALE SYSTEMS
- Chapter 23 - Other Scale Systems
- Bibliography
- Appendix A - Answer Key for the Pre-Feuillard System
- Appendix B - Answer Key for the Feuillard Two-Octave System
- Appendix C - Instructional Videos
- Appendix D - Drones
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors