Coordination and rhythm. Warm-up in four steps for violin and viola

The booklet offers on 12 pages a warm-up in 4 steps to improve coordination through rhythm on several levels: 

• Basic Step:coordination between fingers of left hand
• Step 2: coordination between fingers of left hand and feet
• Step 3: coordination between fingers of left hand and bow arm
• Step 4: coordination between fingers of left hand, bow arm and feet
• Further information, also in the form of links
• bilingual: German and English

What do you need for the warm-up?

The instrument and the bow are required. Suitable rhythms are illustrated in the booklet and can always be supplemented/replaced with your own. If necessary, you can access further rhythm collections via a QR code. 

Optional accessories

The booklet also contains a detailed description of alternative versions of the individual steps. With the inclusion of the ResoundingFingerboard and/or the textured massage rollers, further effects and benefits can be used in a targeted way. The booklet also contains additional information:

• QR codes with linked videos, alternatives [optional*].

*Thedescription of the individual steps is designed in such a way that it is not absolutely necessary to call up videos via QR codes. The videos demonstrate the execution of the respective step.

About the Warm-Up

The basis of the four-step warm-up is the two-part left-hand pizzicato as a practicing technique. This is practised in the first step with different rhythms. Then, in the second step, it is supplemented by thefeetwhich are led rhythmically independently of the left-hand pizzicato. In the third step, the left-hand pizzicato is supplemented by thebowwhich is also rhythmically independent of the left-hand pizzicato. In the fourth stepeverythingis trained at thesame time, i.e. the left-hand pizzicato is supplemented by foot work and the bow.  

Are there any prerequisites?

Ideally, you can already read two rhythm lines at the same time. A simplification, if reading two lines at the same time is not yet possible, is linked in the booklet and can optionally be accessed via a QR code. 

Who is the Warm-Up suitable for?

The warm-up is fundamentally suitable for all levels of ability and can be introduced, e.g. through a few simplifications, already in the beginning lessons. The level of difficulty increases from step to step as well as through the choice of rhythms and fingering combinations. Therefore, it is also very demanding for advanced students and can be designed to fit everyone at all levels of proficiency. 

The booklet is consistently bilingual (German/English). | Learn more about the approach | 

ISBN 978-3-00-070303-4