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Enrico Nichelatti

Amateur violinist

Scale and arpeggio trainer (grade 8)

Major Scales
Minor Melodic Scales
Minor Harmonic Scales
Major Arpeggios
Minor Arpeggios
Chromatic Scales
Double Stop Scales
Dominant Seventh Scales
Diminished Seventh Scales
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Check above the scales/arpeggios you want to practice. Slurred 3-octave major and minor (melodic and harmonic) scales must be played with 3 octaves to a bow; slurred 2-octave major and minor scales must be played with 2 octaves to a bow. Slurred chromatic scales must be played with 12 notes to a bow. Slurred 3-octave arpeggios must be played with 3 or 9 notes to a bow; slurred 2-octave arpeggios must be played with 6 notes to a bow. Slurred dominant seventh and diminished seventh scales must be played with 4 or 12 notes to a bow. For double-stop scales, refer to the official ABRSM syllabus, which can be downloaded as a PDF document from the ABRSM website.

Why this trainer? In 2007 I was preparing the ABRSM Grade 8 violin exam, which I took on June 20th, 2007. I realized that I was often practicing scales and arpeggios in the same order, and that I needed a practice routine that could be more similar to what I'd be asked at my exam, that is, a few scales and arpeggios in a random order (or almost). I wrote this php code (first version was in Javascript) that randomly draws a certain scale or arpeggio among the ones requested for the Grade 8 violin exam. I hope this small piece of code can be useful to whom may need to routinely practice scales and arpeggios in a random order.

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