 This video is to just give a quick explanation of how to use the video resources that are provided on major scales, particularly for violin and viola. Now the whole idea with this is that you understand and have learned how to think about finger patterns on the violin so that these major scale patterns are really quite easy once you've learned to play these finger patterns. The idea is as follows that the major scales will start with four quarter notes on every step of the scale and once you've perfected the four quarter notes you'll move to three quarter notes then two and then one. I've provided one octave scales with harmonic underpinnings and I've provided two octave scales with harmonic underpinnings. The other key to these scale exercises is that they don't involve shifting. Once we get in the position that we're going to be in, we're going to stay there. So the whole idea is if we're playing an A major scale on the violin we'll start with first finger on the G string and we'll understand that it's a three four finger pattern on the G string and a three four finger pattern on the D string. So we'll go up the scale and back down. For the two octave scales it's a three four finger pattern on the G string, three four on the D string, two three on the A string and a two three on the E string and then back down. The whole idea here is thinking in terms of the finger patterns and learning to play the scales first with four quarter notes then three then two then one. Hopefully this system will allow you or your students to really be able to practice their major scales in a way that's meaningful and that brings it into some kind of context for them as they're learning about finger patterns as well. Good luck.