The original edition of this seminal work for the viola had been out of print for several years.

John White, in close consultation with the late Dr Watson Forbes, has re-edited these new editions of the works to provide modern-day viola players with one of the bedrock publications of good playing technique.

They retain the same basic material as the former OUP publications, but the new typesetting renders them much clearer to read and use.

Book 1 covers all major and minor scales and arpeggios over two octaves, also chromatic scales and single octave scales in thirds, sixths and octaves, with many bowing and fingering variants.