Violin scales and arpeggios

Tony Walduck

This program gives access to nearly 80 scales, arpeggios and sevenths for the Royal School of Music violin grades 1 to 5. No slurring or bowing patterns are given - the sole purpose is to give help with pitch and timing.

For each piece, a few drum beats give a lead-in - the number is shown <n> on the relevant menu. Also, a piece, once chosen, can be repeated easily (just by pressing Return).

Some of the higher grades use the same scales as a lower grade (but with a different bowing pattern). Up to grade 4 these 'duplicate' scales are shown (within parentheses), and the earlier grade menu is displayed. At grade 5 this is not done (lack of word-space; and grade 5 candidates ought to be generally proficient anyway).

Notes:

For the convenience of my own children, the grade 1 2-octave scales are re-directed up to the grade 2 menus.

I have tried to provide full support to a keyboard, but this only becomes fully operational (8-key) when the pieces finish.

Related file on this disc:

F.VSA - Violin scales and arpeggios program