Instrument Level Violin - Level 5
READ THIS FIRST: Notes to Composers
General recommendations:
Speed: Slow to Allegro
Length: 200 measures (including multi-movement)
Rhythm: complex rhythms such as syncopation and unusual meters OK, but only limited cross rhythms such as one or two beats of triplets against eighths.
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.