C Major Scale Studies Violin: A Mariachi Classroom Resource

by Carlos Maldonado

Overview

This is the violin part of the C Major Scale Studies; a collection of 115 different scale exercises in the key of C Major for the mariachi ensemble. The collection starts in the time signature of 4/4 followed by 3/4 and ends with scales in 2/4. Scales include rhythms in whole notes, half notes, dotted half notes, quarter notes, dotted quarter notes, eighth notes, dotted eighth notes, sixteenth notes, quarter notes, eighth note triplets, and syncopated patterns in each time signature. For the mariachi ensemble, the following styles are presented; lenta, bolero, bolero ritmico, bolero ranchero, danzon, valseada, son, huapango, joropo, cumbia, and corrida. For the violin player, there are several scale studies in each time signature in 3rd and 2nd position and a few requiring shifting to target those skills. The collection would be an excellent accompanying resource for the Rhythm and Melodic Worksheets Book 1 and 2 and the Progressive Armonia Studies book series by the same author; Carlos Maldonado.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781965005620
Publisher:	Carlos Maldonado
Publication date:	01/01/2024
Series:	Carlos Maldonado Mariachi Resources
Pages:	52
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.11(d)

About the Author

Carlos Maldonado attended and graduated from Southwest Texas State University with a bachelor's degree in Music Education in 2000 and earned his Kodaly Certification in 2004. Carlos has promoted mariachi music and education by being instrumental in the conception of the mariachi program at Texas State University in 1997, the professional group Mariachi Suroeste in 1998 and the mariachi program at Hays CISD in 2001. Relying on his years of mariachi education experience, Carlos has been providing his compositions of mariachi repertoire, exercises and song arrangements to educators and musicians across the nation. Carlos is in his 25th year as a music educator and is currently the mariachi director at Chapa Middle School in Hays CISD. He resides in San Marcos Texas with his wife of 23 years Sonia Maldonado, daughter Ava and son Desi.