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String Crossing

Theme

    Practice this theme making clear the direction of your musical line and dynamic range. Work… — Login to View —

    Variation 13

      Ševčík indicates that we can play this variation either loudly at the frog or softly… — Login to View —

      Variation 14

        Practice this variation at first with a slurred bowing on the string, to work on… — Login to View —

        Variation 16

          This variation uses sautillé with four bows per note, which allows time to make sure… — Login to View —

          Variation 17

            In variation 17 the sautillé is more complex than in variation 16. There are only… — Login to View —

            Variation 22

              This variation asks for a spiccato bowing and at tempo is best executed by using… — Login to View —

              Variation 27

                A clear sautillé stroke needs a precise left hand as the fingers need to lift… — Login to View —

                Variation 34

                  In this variation we need to make the melodic bass line sing clearly and, as… — Login to View —

                  Variation 33

                    This elegant variation presents differing challenges for our up and down bows.  For the up-bow… — Login to View —

                    Variation 38

                      Since this variation is in triplets, the challenge for the spiccato bow-stroke is to cross from the… — Login to View —

                      Variation 39

                        This variation is wonderful for developing general coordination and accuracy as well as preparing us… — Login to View —