Formation
Violin and piano · 2 performers
Required forces
Violin
1 performers
Piano
1 performers
Playable parts
Violin
Piano
MusicCoach difficulty
80/100
Master repertoire
Level of the complete work
We have no level specific to this movement. The figure above is that of the complete work: within a cycle, movements often differ widely in demand.
Estimated skills
Theory
Harmonic analysis
1
Theory
Knowledge of forms
1
Technique
Bow legato
1
Interpretation
Phrasing
1
Rhythm
Tempo rubato
1
Tone
Vibrato
1
Style
Romantic style
1
Technique
Position changes
1
Technique
Détaché
1
Fingering
Complex fingering
1
Technique
Martelé
1
Ornaments
Romantic ornaments
1
Technique
Fast passages
1
Technique
High positions
1
Rhythm
Complex bowing rhythm
1
Technique
Spiccato
1
Technique
General technique
1
Technique
Trills
1
What to play next?
Each suggestion combines difficulty gap, risk, confidence and skill overlap. The first two cards in each column are the most useful pedagogically.
Gentle step
The safest next step.
Gentle
Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47
Jean Sibelius
partial transfer
low risk
to confirm
A short step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). The skill that will carry the work: Ornements romantiques — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.
Gentle
Tzigane: Rhapsodie de concert, for violin and piano
Maurice Ravel
partial transfer
low risk
to confirm
A short step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Octaves and Rythme d'archet complexe — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.
Balanced step
A genuine step up, without a jolt.
Balanced
Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77
Johannes Brahms
new reflexes
moderate risk
to confirm
A real step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). The demand here is musical rather than mechanical: Tempo rubato — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.
Balanced
Violin Sonata in F minor, "Au tombeau d'après la sonate de Pietro Antonio Locatelli"
Eugene Ysaÿe
close skills
moderate risk
to confirm
A real step up, staying in Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8). New compared with the previous piece: Harmoniques and Vibrato — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.
Ambitious challenge
A useful leap with guided practice.
No suggestion yet.
Same level
Same level
Fantasia in C for Violin and Piano, D.934, op. posth.159, "Sei mir gegrüsst!"
Franz Schubert
close skills
low risk
to confirm
Equivalent demands, still Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8): what changes is the ground. The skill that will carry the work: Vibrato and Passages rapides — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.
Same level
Caprice d'adieu, for solo violin, MS68
Niccolò Paganini
partial transfer
low risk
to confirm
Equivalent demands, still Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Intonation and Trilles et ornements (violon) — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.
Same level
4 Studies for Violin Solo
Niccolò Paganini
partial transfer
low risk
to confirm
Equivalent demands, still Great repertoire (diploma level, beyond grade 8): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Intonation and Rythme d'archet complexe — practise it slowly, separating left hand from bow: bow alone on open strings, then the fingering silently.