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Bowed Strings Technical Work Exercises PDF
Bowed Strings Technical Work Exercises PDF
Bowed Strings Technical Work Exercises PDF
Violin
Grade 1 –Double Stops [open strings]:
Grade 3
a) Chromatic Phrase
The following exercise to be performed with separate bows, starting on the D string:
1 - 1 2 - 2
b) Double Stops [octave, sixth and third]
q = 60
Grade 4
a) Octaves
q = 84
b) D major phrase
q = 84
0
1 2 3 4 3 2 1
0
Grade 5
3
2
3 4
0 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 0
1
Strings Syllabus continued
Grade 6
a) D major in double-stopped thirds:
3 1 4 2
b) Eb major in double-stopped sixths
etc. etc.
c) D major in double-stopped octaves
1 4 1 4
2 2
1 1
2 2
4 3
1 1 2 3 1 1
2
Grade 7
a) C major in thirds (one octave)
etc.
etc.
etc.
etc.
Grade 8
a) C major in thirds (two octaves) follow Grade 7 example, but over two octaves
b) D major in thirds (two octaves) follow Grade 7 example, but over two octaves
c) G major in sixths (two octaves)
etc.
etc.
Strings Syllabus continued
Viola
Grade 1 – Double Stops [open strings]
Grade 3
a) Chromatic Phrase The following exercise to be performed with separate bows, starting on the G string:
2 - 2
1 - 1
Grade 4
a) Octaves
q = 84
b) G major phrase
q = 84
0
1 2 3 4 3 2 1
0
Grade 5
a) F major in double-stopped thirds
c) G major scale on one string
1 2 4 3 2
3 1 2
0 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 0
Strings Syllabus continued
Viola
Grade 6
a) G major in double-stopped thirds
1 4 2
3
2
4
3 2
2
1 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 1
Grade 7
a) F major in thirds (one octave)
etc.
Grade 8
a) F major in thirds (two octaves), follow Grade 7 example, but over two octaves.
b) G major in thirds (two octaves), follow Grade 7 example, but over two octaves.
c) C major in sixths (two octaves), follow Grade 7 example, but over two octaves.
d) C major in octaves (two octaves), follow Grade 7 example, but over two octaves.
Strings Syllabus continued
Cello
Grade 1 – Double Stops [open strings]:
d = 92
d = 75–100
Grade 3
a) Chromatic Phrase – the following exercise to be performed with separate bows:
Grade 4 – Double Stops [octaves and sixths]. The following exercise to be performed in the pattern shown,
starting on the open G, D and C strings:
q = c. 100
Grade 5 – Double stops [octaves, sixths and thirds] The following exercise to be performed in the pattern shown,
starting on the open G, D and C strings:
q = 112
Strings Syllabus continued
Cello
Grade 6 – Double stops [in sixths in C major]
q = 100
Grade 7
etc. etc.
q = 120
Cello Grade 8
etc.
etc.
Strings Syllabus continued
Double Bass
For Initial–Grade 2 no technical exericises, only scales and arpeggios are required for option i).
q = 92-108
Grade 7
a) Broken Thirds in Bb major
q = 120
etc.
etc.
q. = 60
Grade 8
a) Broken Thirds: C major (one octave)
4
2 4 4
etc.
_
4
etc.
c) Running Thirds: G major on the G string (one octave), see Grade 7 example.