(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.