Lesson - Mark Pedus' Violin and Viola practice manual

Second chapter: Finger Patterns for Violin and Viola

As I mentioned yesterday, I have plenty of videos waiting to be connected to my website. I didn’t quite realise how far I had fallen behind on actually uploading my videos to this site. To begin with I have filled in some gaps I found in the first chapter, and I have now also completed the Second chapter – Finger Patterns – for both the violin and the viola.

Here are the new playlists:

Violin: Fourth Finger Pattern – Part 2: The high first finger

Viola: Third finger pattern

Viola: Fourth finger pattern – Part 1: The low first finger

Viola: Fourth Finger Pattern – Part 2: The high first finger

I hope you enjoy practicing along with these videos and please, any feedback is very much appreciated.

Over the next few days I will start work on the sheetmusic for the first two chapters. Once they are ready I will make them available for download so you can also practice away from the videos.

Stay relaxed, be patient when you practice and if you can, please support this website so it can keep on growing!

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Perfectionism

Or just a word to hide behind as an excuse to postpone the launch of my first videos.

The original idea was to finish editing the recordings I made this summer, then build on that so I can get where I want to get. A project that can help anyone to learn to play the violin and/or the viola.

So now I am re-recording everything. Was it bad? Not really and I am not sure what I recorded last week is much better. It is tiring to make ‘open string’ recordings – in slow motion! And video and sound editing eats my days away before my eyes!

Anyway, this week, come what may, I will link in my first lessons for both instruments. Ready or not (that is referring to me, not to you) here I come…