Formation
Violin and piano · 2 performers
Required forces
Violin
1 performers
Piano
1 performers
Playable parts
Violin
Piano
MusicCoach difficulty
46/100
Intermediate
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
Knowledge of forms
1
Technique
Bow legato
1
Tone
Vibrato
1
Reading
Bass clef reading
1
Theory
Harmonic analysis
1
Ornaments
Baroque ornaments
1
Style
Baroque style
1
Technique
Intonation
1
Interpretation
Dynamics
1
Interpretation
Phrasing
1
Technique
General technique
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 sonata K 28
Mozart
close skills
low risk
to confirm
A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style classique and Changements de position — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.
Gentle
Violin sonata K 27
Mozart
close skills
low risk
to confirm
A short step up, staying in Elementary (around grade 4 ABRSM/RCM). New compared with the previous piece: Style classique and Changements de position — the notes are not enough: articulation and ornaments follow performance conventions best checked in an urtext edition.
Balanced step
A genuine step up, without a jolt.
No suggestion yet.
Ambitious challenge
A useful leap with guided practice.
Challenge
Violin Sonata in A major, op. 5, no. 6
Arcangelo Corelli
close skills
high risk
to confirm
An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. The skill that will carry the work: Vibrato and Legato d'archet — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.
Challenge
Violin Sonata in G major, BWV.1021
Johann Sebastian Bach
close skills
high risk
to confirm
An ambitious leap into Intermediate (around grade 5 ABRSM/RCM) — only worth starting if the practice time is really there. The skill that will carry the work: Vibrato and Legato d'archet — what matters is a steady sustained tone: bow speed, contact point and pressure even, before any thought of speed.
Same level
Same level
Violin Concerto in A major, RV.350
Antonio Vivaldi
partial transfer
low risk
to confirm
Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. The skill that will carry the work: Ornements baroque and Style baroque — ornaments must be secure before the piece goes up to tempo, otherwise they break the line instead of decorating it.
Same level
German Dance, for violin and piano
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf
new reflexes
low risk
to confirm
Equivalent demands, still Elementary (around grade 3 ABRSM/RCM): what changes is the ground. What changes is the skill in play: Rythmes pointés and Détaché — the pitfall is the pulse drifting as soon as the writing thickens: subdivide with the metronome.