Violin

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Scales:

D major– 3 octaves (hear it now)
b melodic minor– 3 octaves (hear it now)

Orchestral Excerpts:

• Verdi – Overture to La Forza del Destino, beginning to measure 34
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• Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4, mvt. IV, measure A to 12 before B
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• Mozart – Magic Flute, measures 16-88
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Viola

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Scales:

F major – 3 octaves (hear it now)
c melodic minor – 3 octaves (hear it now)

Orchestral Excerpts:

• Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 in A Major, 2nd movement, pickup to measure 4 to 27
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• Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in Eb, 3nd movement, beginning to measure 28
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• Galinka – Overture to Russian and Ludmilla, measure beginning to A
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Cello

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Scales:

A major – 3 octaves (hear it now)
c melodic minor – 3 octaves (hear it now)

Orchestral Excerpts:

• Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, 2nd movement, measure 1-10, 49-59, 98-106
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• Brahms – Symphony No. 3, op 90, 1st movement, measure 187 to measure 201
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Bass

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Scales:

D major – 2 octaves (hear it now)
b melodic minor – 2 octaves (hear it now)

Orchestral Excerpts:

• Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, 3rt movement, measure 140 to measure 177
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• Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4, measure 3 to measure 51-69
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• Verdi – Othello, Act 4, soli bassi section,
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