// Bow division

Variation 26

Variation 26 is a march with many challenges for our bow division…

Variation 37

Ševčík’s Variations concentrate on bowing, especially developing control over the many different…

Variation 35

The rests in this variation (bars 1, 5, 6 and similar places),…

Variation 31

This variation is marked portando glissando and challenges our use of artistic…

Variation 30

This whimsical, elegant variation in triplets develops Ševčík’s interest in beginning a…

Variation 28

This variation has a lovely lilting character and we need to pay…

Variation 23

This variation has specific bow division markings which vary according to the…

Variation 21

This variation is a good test of bow division, bow speed and…

Variation 20

Ševčík’s 40 variations make us work through a wide range of off-string…

Variation 18

This variation requires the bow to be lifted after the up bow,…

Variation 17

In variation 17 the sautillé is more complex than in variation 16.…

Variation 12

Variation 12 is an excellent exercise for developing control of the bow…

Variation 11

For variation 11 read Ševčík’s explanation of abbreviations markings, in particular about…

Theme

Practice this theme making clear the direction of your musical line and…