Friday, August 16, 2013

SCALES and FINGERING CHARTS FOR BEGINNING ORCHESTRA

Botero: Still Life With Violin
VIOLIN FINGERING CHART

VIOLA SCALES

The Viola Player by Thomas Hart Benton
VIOLA FINGERING CHART

http://www.get-tuned.com/viola.php
Edgar Degas (French, Post-Impressionism, 1834–1917): The Violist (L'Altiste), 1880. Sketch and Study. Pastel, 60 x 51 cm. Private Collection. (London, Sotheby's. Lot 11, 4/4/89)
Degas; The Violist (L'Altiste), 1880

CELLO SCALES

amedeo modigliani the cellist ii painting
Modigliani: The Cellist II
CELLO FINGERING CHART
http://ishideas.blogspot.com/2010/09/cello-playing-for-beginners-brief.html
Louis Marcoussis, ‘Interior with a Double Bass’ 1929
Louis Marcoussis: Interior with a Double Bass 1929
DOUBLE BASS FINGERING CHART
http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-52761/Double-bass-and-bow
Woman with a Double Bass - Suzanne Valadon 1908

Woman with a Double Bass by Suzanne Valadon, 1908

GUITAR SCALES

FLUTE SCALES
"The Young Flute Player" by Judith Leyster
FLUTE FINGERING CHART

Bb CLARINET SCALES

File:Pablo Picasso, 1911, Clarinet (Still Life with a Clarinet on a Table), oil on canvas, exhibited at Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art, Veletrzni (Trades Fair) Palace, Prague.jpg
Pablo Picasso:  Still Life with a Clarinet on a Table, 1911
Bb CLARINET FINGERING CHART

SAXOPHONE SCALES

Adolphe Sax, born Dinant in Belgium 6th Nov., 1814, died Paris in France in 1894.
Adolphe Sax: inventor of the Saxophone (1814-1894)
SAXOPHONE FINGERING CHART
Bb TRUMPET FINGERING CHART

TROMBONE-BARITONE SCALES


TROMBONE SLIDE POSITION CHART
Trombone Parts
BARITONE FINGERING CHART

Baritone Parts

PERCUSSION SCALES


TRANSPOSITION
TRANSPOSITION CHART

A POEM ABOUT
DOUBLE BASS INSTRUMENTS
The men who have the saddest faces
Are those who play the Double Basses
Though deep in misery their cup
They have to take it standing up,
And sawing on a clothesline string
They grunt and groan like anything.
The orchestra’s last-line defense
They also see the audience
And, spying in the distant offing,
They spot the man who does the coughing –
The school girl in expectant dither –
The wife who dragged her husband with her –
The novice groping in a maze –
The critic whittling out a phrase –
And those who sleep – and those who snore
Which makes them groan and grunt some more.