Each book has a series of short exercises in groups of ten and each exercise focuses on one particular aspect of violin technique. The books are excellent for dipping into, or working through. The books get progressively more challenging moving from grades 1 through to 6.
This Fantasia provides opportunities to learn about accidentals and the swift movement of the same finger. G major arpeggios and dominant 7ths feature in this piece.
This character piece has contrasts G minor and G major with lyrical tunes developing a general sense of fluency. There are long slurs with plenty going on within them. Good for developing subdivision in 6/8 time.
This dance is really full of energy, in 3/8, with lots of ringing chords. The C minor middle section is contrasting and there is lots of useful 5th position work within a lovely tune. A violin arrangement by Mathieu Crickboom is included in this publication.
As the title might suggest, this piece is full of opportunities to show off contrasting dynamics. It is more a double viola quartet than an octet in that the original brass piece had two groups of players facing each other and playing both with and against each other. The first part goes up to 5th position.
