For Composers

Violin - Level 5

READ THIS FIRST: Notes to Composers 

 

General recommendations:

Speed: Slow to Allegro

Length: 200 measures (including multi-movement)

Rhythm:  complex rhythms, but still no cross rhythms.

Playable Notes and Skills
  • 3 octave range. 
  • Chromatic scales of 1 octave.  
  • Double stops on 3rds, 6ths and octaves, one at a time 
  • Short trills. 
  • Vibrato.
Things to Avoid
  • Too many double stops.  
  • Quick or consecutive position shifts.
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