No.11 Major & minor 3rds – silent middle note
By fingering the 2nd finger silently we can concentrate on the intervals…
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No.11 Major & minor 3rds – left hand frame
We often talk about left-hand patterns or left-hand frames and their role…
Etude No.11 Playthrough
Kreutzer 11 is primarily focussed on the shifting action in the lower…
No.8 Prepare the Note Ahead
Often leaving out one of the components allows us to solve a…
No.8 The Metric Beat
Every piece of music that we play, whether a Beethoven sonata, an…
No.8 Use double stops to improve intonation
When we play a passage that repeatedly crosses between two strings, the…
No.8 Shift to 4th Position
The common technical shift from 1st to 4th position involves moving our…
No.8 String Crossing over 3 Strings Bar 10
Think about maintaining friction between bow and string while string crossing. This…
No.8 Smooth String Crossing
We need to maintain the bow friction (how the bow hair sinks…
Etude No.8 Playthrough
Kreutzer Etude No.8 is an important study that develops the use of…
No.5 Pivot & Whole-arm Crossings
Use practice breaks and slow down the string crossing movement. Make sure…
No.5 Bowstroke in Triplets
Habits are easy to form, and we need to find straightforward ways…
Etude No.5 Playthrough
This wonderful study is marked by Kreutzer as a study of martele…
No.3 Point of contact changes Bars 10-11
Our point of contact, the sounding point (the ‘groove’ that the bow…
No.3 Bar 10 Shifts with guide fingers
Most shifts use a guide finger and intermediate note to glide between…
No.2 Dotted Rhythms & Practice Breaks
Dotted rhythms can be a very effective practice technique, if used properly!…
No.2 Descending 3rds
When practicing the intonation we often start by practicing the ‘core’ notes…
No.2 Hold or Lift Fingers
When learning a new piece or study, do some planning before you…
No.2 String Crossing Bar 15
There are two basic string-crossing actions that we constantly use, one is…
No.2 All the mids & all the highs
Much of the tonal music that we play is in the four…
No.2 Finger Patterns Left-hand frame
It can be difficult to begin with to place all four fingers…
No.2 Finger Patterns High Mid Low Open
When learning a new work, think about your finger patterns. Let’s revise…
No.2 Left Hand Position & the Growing Hand
The backward stretch of the first and second fingers is important in…
No.2 Broad Détaché Bowstroke
A resonant détaché stroke is central to the Kreutzer studies, just as…