A Notebook for Viola Players av Ivo-Jan (Professor of Viola Professor of Viola Shepherd School of Music Rice University) van der Werff

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In A Notebook for Viola Players, Ivo-Jan van der Werff offers a guide to playing the viola with the greatest freedom, dexterity, and ease. It includes right and left hand exercises to build a sound technique, sections on how to practice them, how to hold the viola and bow, how to think about good posture, how to create a good sound, how to play with the least amount of tension, how to deal with anxiety, and thoughts on wellness and practice techniques. Alongside these are photographs and a companion website of video demonstrations of the exercises played by the author, as if in a lesson. Interspersed throughout the book are lively and illuminating anecdotes of van der Werff''s own experiences as a student and as a professional musician, as well as a number of blank pages and staff paper for the student to literally ''make notes'' and write down their own ideas, offering a space for creative expression using the skills they learn in reading and playing along with the text. Bringing toge