Essential Exercises and Etudes for Viola

An Intermediate Course of Study for the Development of Technical Proficiency in the First Position

An appropriate follow-up method to Rubank's Intermediate Method for Viola. Includes:

•Dailyexercises for bowing, finger strength and independence, trills, and double stops

•A full-page etude in each key up to 4 flats/sharps

•Specialized etudes for practice in bowing, legato playing, rhythm,cross-fingering, spiccato, string crossing, string skipping, chromatics, arpeggios, syncopation, staccato and trills

•Nine double stop etudes