It’s great for beginners or intermediate players. If you want more violin scales in your life, check out my FREE scale book, Creative Scales for the Experimental Violinist. Use this advanced bowing or rhythm for the entire scale. Then pick one exercise from Bowing, Rhythms, and Dynamics for Scales below. If you also want to know why some notes are sharp and some aren’t, read about key signatures and minor scales.įor a typical warm-up, I choose a key and play the scale several times, starting with half notes or whole notes and gradually speeding up the duration of each note (see Daily Warm-Ups for Scales below). Understanding the building blocks of scales can make playing scales so much easier. Scales are a great way to incorporate more advanced concepts like complicated bowings, accents, dynamics, and rhythms. I recommend staying in one key for a few days to master the finger pattern. Below are the main scales and arpeggios for the violin in first position. For a great violin warm-up, practice scales and arpeggios everyday.
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