Alfred Sound Innovations: Sound Development, Intermediate Viola
Sound Innovations: Sound Development emphasizes playing with a characteristic, beautiful sound, with the components of producing this sound broken into four levels consistent with the revolutionary Sound Innovations structure.
Product Overview
These four levels — Sound Tone, Sound Bowings, Sound Shifting, and Sound Scales, Arpeggios, Chorales, and Rhythms — can be used in the order that is best for your students, as individual warm-ups, or as structured units. Students will learn the proper use of the bow with the variables of tone, the next group of bowings needed for intermediate repertoire, and how to shift and play with vibrato. These skills are reinforced with comprehensive scales, arpeggios, sight-reading materials, rhythm exercises, and warm-up chorales, giving students a well-rounded technical foundation as they move into intermediate-level repertoire.
Ideal For
- Intermediate viola students building tone, bowing, and shifting technique
- Orchestra directors continuing from the beginning Sound Innovations series
- Violists preparing for intermediate repertoire requiring shifting and vibrato
- Students needing structured sight-reading and rhythm reinforcement
Key Features
Four-Level Structure
Organized into Sound Tone, Sound Bowings, Sound Shifting, and Sound Scales, Arpeggios, Chorales, and Rhythms, allowing flexible use as warm-ups or structured units.
Shifting and Vibrato Introduction
Introduces students to shifting technique and playing with vibrato, essential skills for intermediate repertoire.
Comprehensive Reinforcement
Skills are reinforced through scales, arpeggios, sight-reading materials, rhythm exercises, and warm-up chorales.
Intermediate Bowing Development
Introduces the next group of bowings needed as students advance into intermediate-level repertoire.
BP B4.7B
