Latest Violin Scale Textbook (3 Volumes) Kosaku Yamaoka

Each book has scratches and slight yellowing on the cover. There is no writing inside. Please forgive any oversights.

● Volume 1

A scale textbook that focuses on the efficiency of practice, considering hand shapes, positions, shifts, etc., rather than just a string of notes. Volume 1 covers positions 1-3.

Contents of this book:
How to use this book
About keys

1. Four basic finger patterns and their mixed forms
2. Second position
3. Third position
4. Scale practice in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions
5. Scales ascending and descending sequentially from the 1st position and scale practice focusing on the 4th and 5th positions

● Volume 2

A scale practice textbook directly related to playing pieces. Master scales including arpeggios, broken thirds, chromatic scales, and various double-stop scales.

Contents of this book:
About fingering
Choosing fingerings
Fingering for single-note scales
Fingering for arpeggios of the tonic chord
Fingering for arpeggios of the dominant 7th chord
Fingering for arpeggios of the diminished 7th chord
How to take intervals
Chromatic scales
How to take intervals
Practice on one string
Octaves
Fingered octaves
Tenths
Sixths
About keys

● Volume 3

Practice to expand the range to the highest possible notes and develop techniques associated with position changes, so that you can meet the more advanced demands of musical pieces.

Contents of this book:
Harmonics
About multiple fingerings
Arpeggios
Scales on one string
About playing double-stop scales with the same finger
Fingering
Double flageolets

Kosaku Yamaoka
Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts. Studied under Katsumi Kojima, Hideyasu Shimada, Tatsuo Usutoku, J. Isnard, W. Müller, and R. Odnoposoff. Formed the Tokyo Vivaldi Ensemble in 1962 and became its concertmaster. Served as the first concertmaster of the Geidai Philharmonia from 1973 to 1983. Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University of the Arts. President of the Japan String Teachers Association. Served as a judge for the All Japan Student Music Competition, the Japan Music Competition, and others. His edited and authored works include "Step-by-Step Violin Introduction 1-3," "Kayser Violin Textbook 1-3," "Kayser Violin Textbook 1-3 (with 2nd Violin and Piano Accompaniment Score and Commentary)," "Carl Flesch Scale System for Violin," "Famous Duets for Violin," "60 Famous Pieces to Play in the 2nd Position," "Variations on the Theme of 'Kojo no Tsuki' for Solo Violin: With Performance Advice," and "Kreutzer 42 Studies."