Fifty Elementary Studies

Arranger: Banwell, Margaret transcribed for viola by Margaret Banwell from the violin originals • explores in detail the fingering patterns of first position • offers exercises for arpeggios and scale patterns, legato string-crossing and the lifting of the bow, and exercises for trills and grace-notes 1. 1st Finger 2. 1st Finger 3. 1st and 2nd Fingers 4. 1st and 2nd Fingers 5. 1st and 2nd Fingers 6. 1st Finger on Two Strings 7.1st and 3rd Fingers 8. 1st and 3rd Fingers 9. 2nd and 3rd Fingers 10. Semitones between 2nd and 3rd Fingers on A, D and C strings 11. 2nd Finger on Two Strings 12. Semitones between 1st and 2nd Fingers 13. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fingers 14. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fingers 15. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fingers 16. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Fingers 17. Preparatory Exercise for Trills 18. Preparatory Exercise for Trills 19. Preparatory Exercise for Trills 20. Preparatory Exercise for Trills 21. Arpeggio Exercise 23. Arpeggio Exercise 24. Arpeggio Exercise 25. Arpeggio Exercise 26. Preparatory Exercise for Grace Notes 27. Preparatory Exercise for Grace Notes 28. 4th Finger 29. 4th Finger 30. 4th Finger 31. 4th Finger 32. Scale Passages without 4th Finger 33. Scale Passages without 4th Finger 34. Scale Passages without 4th Finger 35. Scale Passages without 4th Finger 36. Scale Passages without 4th Finger 37. Scale Passages without 4th Finger 38. Scale Passages without 4th Finger 39. Scale Passages without 4th Finger 40. Bowing Exercise for Legato Crossing of Strings 41. Bowing Exercise for Legato Crossing of Strings 42. Bowing Exercise for Legato Crossing of Strings 44. Exercise for Lifting the Bow 45. Exercise for Lifting the Bow 46. Exercise for Lifting the Bow 47. Exercise for Lifting the Bow 48. Arpeggio Exercise 49. Arpeggio Exercise 50. Arpeggio Exercise 43. Bowing Exercise for Legato Crossing of Strings 22. Arpeggio Exercise