Variation 26
Variation 26 is a march with many challenges for our bow division…
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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 16
This variation uses sautillé with four bows per note, which allows time…
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…
Variation 9
This beautiful variation uses a siciliano rhythm and requires musical thought and…
Variation 7
This variation uses a similar bow division pattern to No 5. To…
Variation 6
The ability to switch between playing on the string to playing off…
Variation 5
Observe Ševčík’s careful bow division and articulation markings, especially the use of…
Variation 4
The ability to play repeated up or down bows at the heel…
Theme
Practice this theme making clear the direction of your musical line and…