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Take Viola Lessons with Virtuoso Musician Michael Larco, violist in The Los Angeles Philharmonic. Here are 25 video lessons that will teach you how to play the viola today! The curriculum was created by some of the leading music educators in the world. This step-by-step method will teach you the basics as well as advanced techniques. (Music notation is included).

The lessons cover:

Meet Your Teacher

Parts of Viola

Holding Your Viola

Plucking Open Strings: Pizzicato

Tuning

The Bow

Bow Hold

How To Bow: Arco

Left Hand Fingers

Staccato & Legato

Introducing 3rd Finger

Long Bows & String Crossings

Expanding Left Hand

Introducing 4th finger

The D major scale

The G major scale

The C major scale

Triads, Arpeggios

Double stops

Lifting the bow (circle bows)

Stopped bows/hooked bows

Slurs, whole bows and legato

16th notes

2-octave scale

Ode To Joy

Simple Gifts



Music Lifeboat’s viola lessons provide world-class video instruction at a low cost to help you become an excellent violist and musician. 10% of all proceeds go to The Harmony Project of America, a nonprofit that brings music education and instruments to underserved students. We are working on a solution to bring free music education to the world that is sustainable. We can use your support by joining us on social media so we can work together to begin a movement so every child has access to music education. To learn more visit our website at www.musiclifeboat.org