Sevcik1 was a master at analyzing technical challenges in the repertoire and then creating a series of exercises for the student to work on before they began study of the work itself. Have a look for instance at the endless exercises for the Mendelssohn concerto: (https://ks15.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/c/ce/IMSLP92000-PMLP189293-Mendelssohn_exercises.pdf) We can also take technical aspects out of Kreutzer […]