This list of technical accomplishment and literature
is assembled to indicate the minimum goals to be reached for each
level of competency in the undergraduate string program. All freshmen
or transfer students shall be auditioned in the previous spring or during registration
week to determine the appropriate level for which to enroll.
162/164-001-2 or 4 credits
Technique:
3 octave major scales (4 sharps-4 flats), slur 2, 4, per bow
3 octave arpeggios for each of the scales, slur 3 per bow
Mazas Bk. I or Kreutzer 42 Studies (early portion of book)
Objectives: student should be comfortable in 3rd and 5th position, 2nd position
studies if needed. Facile bowing and mastery of the following strokes: detache,
martele, spiccato, smooth legato.
Sample Repertoire:
Handel Sonatas -#3, 4,6
Vivaldi, Concerto in G Minor
Veracini, Sonata in E Minor
Monti, Czardas
Dvorak, Sonatina
Severn, Polish Dance
262/264-001-2 or 4 credits
Technique:
3 octave scales, Major (4 sharps-4 flats) Minor, g, a, b, c, d,
e, slur 2,4, 8 per bow
3 octave arpeggio sequence with diminished and dom.7th added, slur 6 and 8
Kreutzer: middle etudes
Objectives: student is competent in 1st -7th position.Continued
work on facile bowing. Emphasize smooth shifting.
Start to identify one's own goals by
better hearing of one's own needs.
Sample Repertoire:
Mozart, G Major Concerto
Haydn, C major Concerto
Bach, A Minor Concerto
Accolay, A Minor Concerto
Schubert, Sonatina
Bartok, Folk Dances
Kreisler, Preludium and Allegro
362/464-001-2 or 4 credits
Technique:
All 3 octave major and minor scales, slur 4,6,8,12 per bow
3 octave arpeggio sequence
Sevcik Op. 1, Pt. 4 Double Stops: 3rds, 6ths, and octaves through 3rd position
Bowings: sautille and other specialty bowings
Kreutzer: late etudes
Objectives: Make significant progress in ability to hear phrasing and use
appropriate bow techniques.
Sample Repertoire:
Bach, E Major Partita
Bach, d minor Partita (no Chaconne)
Mendelssohn, E Minor Violin Concerto
Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole
Mozart, Concerto #4 or #5
Bloch, Three Pictures of Chassidic Life
462/464-001-2 or 4 credits
Technique:
3 octave scales: all major and minor, up to 24 per bow
3 octave arpeggios: all major and minor, 9 and 12 per bow
Double Stops: 3rds, 6ths, octaves, through 5th position
Rode, Dont, Paganini Etudes
Objectives: To make the "complete" violinist. Advanced technique and musicianship
Sample Repertoire:
Beethoven, Concerto in D
Brahms, Concerto in D
Beethoven, Sonatas
Saint-Saens, Rondo Capriccioso
Bach, Chaconne
Bartok, Rhapsody #1 or #2
Brahms, Violin Sonatas