Are you ready to enjoy playing scales?

Scales are essential to developing and maintaining good violin technique. Without a dedicated scale routine, you may struggle with intonation, find it difficult to play quick passages cleanly, or never feel comfortable with the bow. Violin students often find scales mundane and repetitive, but they don’t have to be! This course is designed to take you through six months to a year of guided scale exercises. You will learn scale theory so the violin fingerboard makes sense. In addition to learning basic to advanced bow techniques and intonation tips, I’ll show you relaxation tips and how to avoid common student errors. Are you ready to master violin technique and enjoy playing scales? This Course is included in my online membership. Get this course and other great courses for one low monthly payment.
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  • Unique Exercises

    Detailed instructions on how to play the different exercises for every scale, designed to build technique, intonation, and musicality.

  • Play Along Tracks

    Play along tracks at various tempos for every scale and every exercise to help you build intonation and ear training technique.

  • Free Scale Book

    Includes a free, complete copy of my violin scale book, Creative Scales for the Experimental Violinist. Learn major, minor and pentatonic scales.

  • Guided Goals and Checklists

    Customized practice goals and checklists items to make your practice time more efficient. Includes printable goals and checklists sheet for each scale.

  • Focus on Relaxation

    Tension is a violinist's #1 enemy. Learn relaxation tips and how to avoid common errors to bring your playing to a whole new level.

Course curriculum

    1. Creative Scales for the Experimental Violinist 3rd Edition

    1. Course Checklist

    2. Understanding the Theory Behind Scales

    3. Setting and Achieving Goals

    4. How To Practice

    5. Key Signature Quick Reference Guide

    6. A Few Definitions

    7. Backing Tracks

    1. Warm-Ups

    1. Songs in D major

    2. D Major Goals and Checklists Practice Sheet

    3. Goals and Checklist Items

    4. Understanding D Major Theory

    5. Play-Along Track: D Major Scale and Arpeggio 40 BPM /Single and Doubled Notes

    6. Play-Along Track: D Major Scale and Arpeggio 50 BPM /Single and Doubled Notes

    7. How To Play Staccato in the Middle of the Bow

    8. How to Use Staccato in Your Practicing

    9. Play-Along Track: Staccato in the Middle of the Bow 40 BPM

    10. Play-Along Track: Staccato in the Middle of the Bow 50 BPM

    11. How To Play Hooked Bowings

    12. Play-Along Track: Hooked Bowings 40 BPM

    13. Play-Along Track: Hooked Bowings 50 BPM

    14. How To Play Staccato in the Upper Half of the Bow

    15. Play-Along Track: Staccato in the Upper Half 40 BPM

    16. Play-Along Track: Staccato in the Upper Half 50 BPM

    17. How To Play Staccato in the Lower Half

    18. Play-Along Track: Staccato in the Lower Half 40 BPM

    19. Play-Along Track: Staccato in the Lower Half 50 BPM

    1. Songs in A Major

    2. A Major Goals and Checklists Practice Sheet

    3. Theory and Finger Placement

    4. Goals and Checklists

    5. Play-Along Track A Major Scale 40 BPM/ Single and Double Notes

    6. Play-Along Track A Major Scale Single and Double Notes 50 BPM

    7. How To Play Hooked Bows in the Upper Half

    8. Play-Along Track Hooked Bows in the Upper Half 40 BPM

    9. How to Play Hooked Bows in the Lower Half

    10. Play-Along Track Hooked Bows in the Lower Half 40 BPM

    11. How To Play Slurs

    12. Play-Along Track Slurs 50 BPM/60 BPM

    13. How To Play Slurred Staccato

    14. Play-Along Track Slurred Staccato 40 BPM/50 BPM

    1. Songs in G Major

    2. G Major Goals and Checklists Practice Sheet

    3. G Major Theory and Finger Placement

    4. G Major Goals and Checklists

    5. Play Along Track: G major One Octave Single and Double Notes 40 BPM/ 50 BPM

    6. How to Play Slurred and Separate Bows

    7. Play-Along Track: G Major One Octave Slurred/Separate 40 BPM/50 BPM/ 90 BPM

    8. How to Play Whole Bows

    9. Play-Along Track: Whole Bows 60 BPM/50 BPM

    10. How to Slur 4 Notes

    11. Play-Along Track Slur 4 Notes 40 BPM/50 BPM

About this course

  • 165 lessons
  • 5 hours of video content

What You'll Learn

  • How to Avoid Common Student Errors

  • Bow Technique

  • Relaxation Tips

  • Scale Theory

  • Goals and Checklists for Guided Practice

Testimonials

“Whenever I am not sure what to practice the solution is easy -- I go to Lora's course. It continually proves itself to be an inexhaustible resource. One of the keywords to describe the course is variety. She presents the eight major scales in octaves, and several in double octaves, but in each iteration, she introduces a new bowing technique and much more. If you want a rich and productive half hour of practice, you can just go through the exercises for a particular scale. Another keyword to describe the course is simply instruction. Lora never leaves you stranded -- when she introduces a new technique, she has one or more modules that explain the theory and kin-esthetics behind that technique. At the risk of mixing metaphors, if I were stranded on a desert island with my violin and only one course, this would be the course.”

Mark

“I have signed up for your scale course and am loving it!! As an adult beginner I find violin quite difficult, but your videos are extremely helpful. I am actually getting private lessons as well, however I am learning a lot from your videos. I was delighted with the price, so affordable, a real bargain!!! Thank you so much for all the effort you have put in to making this scale course, it is much appreciated.”

Leanne

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Meet Your Violin Teacher

Lora Kilpatrick

I have been instructing violin to all ages for over fifteen years. I hold degrees in Violin Performance as well as String Pedagogy, but I'm most proud of the hundreds of students who have learned to play the violin under my instruction. I'm excited to show you the wonderful possibilities of the violin, overcome its challenges and frustrations, and enjoy playing beautiful music!