Instrument Level Violin - Level 4

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General recommendations:

Speed: Slow to allegro

Length: 36-100 bars

Rhythm: Complex meters; triplets and 8ths in same piece (though not same time); beginning complex rhythms (no cross rhythms – 2 against 3 etc.); Simple hocket okay.

Playable Notes and Skills
  • Can play 2nd and 3rd positions on all strings. 
  • E string: G, A, B, C (G#, A#,B#,C#) (2nd position)
  • Can play in keys up to 4 sharps and 4 flats.
  • Longer slurs okay.  
  • Double stops with at least one open string.
  • Spiccato okay for quarter and eighth notes.
  • Vibrato
Things to Avoid
  • Quick or consecutive position shifts.
  • Fast string crossing back and forth between strings.
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