One-Step Scale System System for Viola10 Exercises to a Better Left Hand
By Helen Callus
10 Exercises to a Better Left Hand
By Helen Callus
Chamber viola
Composed by Helen Callus.
Edited by Michael Lieberman Helen Callus.
Book. With Standard notation.
56 pages.
Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.BF114).
World-renowned soloist and Professor of Viola at University of California, Santa Barbara and The Colburn Music Academy, Helen Callus presents her comprehensive, multi-point system of creating a solid foundation for left-hand technique. One-Step Scale System for Viola contains insights that Callus has used with her students for the past twenty years. The thorough system has been refined and rewritten to create a trim but thorough program for all ages - from the early student to the advanced. Scales, double-stops, intervals and other musical aspects are examined with the goal of achieving mechanical/technical flexibility one needs before studying a piece. A welcome addition to the study of viola that will remain with each student as they grow.