There are many resources for practicing scales and arpeggios on the violin, but extremely few for practicing chords. Understanding chords on the violin can be a very useful skill for violinists for a variety of reasons, the most obvious of which is that chords appear a significant number of times in the violin repertoire. In addition, understanding chords: helps you to think harmonically, helps you to better analyze music, improves your ability to sight read and to play arpeggios and double stops, helps the fingers of your left hand to work better together as a team, and facilitates composition and improvisation.

There are many resources for practicing scales and arpeggios on the viola, but extremely few for practicing chords. Understanding chords on the viola can be a very useful skill for violists for a variety of reasons; the most obvious of which is that chords appear a significant number of times in the viola repertoire. In addition, understanding chords: helps you to think harmonically, helps you to better analyze music, improves your ability to sight read and to play arpeggios and double stops, helps the fingers of your left hand to work better together as a team, and facilitates composition and improvisation.

There are tens of thousands of different possible chords on the violin in GDAE tuning! Create your own chord shapes from over 650 easy-to-read full fingerboard diagrams covering 55 different chord types in all keys. Diagrams for more complicated chord types illustrate both the optional and essential notes. Notes are illustrated up to the position 17 semitones above the nut to allow easy visualisation of chord shapes around the octave. This book includes chords used in all types of music from classical through blues to rock and jazz and is the companion to 'A Visual Guide to Scales for Violin'. The 55 different chord types covered by this book include: 5 5#11 7 (no 3) aug dim maj maj7 (no 3) min sus2 sus4 6 {6/9} (no 3) 7 7b5 7sus2 7sus4 add9 aug7 dim7 maj7 min6 min7 min7#5 min7b5 min(maj7) sus2/sus4 6#11 6/9 7{#5/#9} 7{#5/b9} 7#9 7{b5/#9} 7{b5/b9} 7b9 9 9sus4 aug9 maj7#11 maj7add11 maj7{sus2/#11} maj9 min6/9 min9 min9(maj7) 13sus4 9#11 maj9#11 min11 13 13#11 13#9 13b9 maj13 maj13#11 min13

There are tens of thousands of different possible chords on the violin in CGDAE tuning! Create your own chord shapes from over 650 easy-to-read full fingerboard diagrams covering 55 different chord types in all keys. Diagrams for more complicated chord types illustrate both the optional and essential notes. Notes are illustrated up to the position 17 semitones above the nut to allow easy visualisation of chord shapes around the octave. This book includes chords used in all types of music from classical through blues to rock and jazz and is the companion to 'A Visual Guide to Scales for 5-String Violin'. The 55 different chord types covered by this book include: 5 5#11 7 (no 3) aug dim maj maj7 (no 3) min sus2 sus4 6 {6/9} (no 3) 7 7b5 7sus2 7sus4 add9 aug7 dim7 maj7 min6 min7 min7#5 min7b5 min(maj7) sus2/sus4 6#11 6/9 7{#5/#9} 7{#5/b9} 7#9 7{b5/#9} 7{b5/b9} 7b9 9 9sus4 aug9 maj7#11 maj7add11 maj7{sus2/#11} maj9 min6/9 min9 min9(maj7) 13sus4 9#11 maj9#11 min11 13 13#11 13#9 13b9 maj13 maj13#11 min13

(String Method). A Complete Course of Study for Double Note and Chord Development Suitable for any student who has finished a first-year violin method book.

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Playing 5-finger scales has significant value for early-level pianists. This innovative book helps students chart progress through all major and minor 5-finger scales, cross-hand arpeggios, and primary chords. Engaging teacher duets for each key are used for scale exercises. Students also enjoy improvisation activities for each key with creative prompts to inspire imagery, character, and tempo.

(Berklee Guide). Master harmony on the violin fingerboard! This book will give you the fluency to improvise, play comping (accompanying) parts, add background lines, and deepen your enjoyment of all kinds of music. These exercises and etudes will help you practice arpeggios and comping voicings for commonly used chord progressions, with appropriate fingerings and alternate spellings when needed. You will develop left-hand dexterity and broaden your harmonic understanding and vocabulary. Audio tracks let you hear the exercises and then practice along with an accompanist. You will learn to: Construct the common triads and seventh chords: major, minor, diminished, and minor 7b5; Choose fingering strategies for common chord progressions; Play chords across the strings; Voice-lead chords to transition smoothly and ergonomically; Improvise melodic lines over chord changes; Comp chord patterns using essential rhythmic grooves.