Sevcik Op. 1

Most violinists or violists who’ve decided to perform as a career have played exercises from these books. They are not quite etudes in the sense that Kreutzer or Rode are, but still much more music-like than Dounis exercises or scales.

I find they are incredibly useful, especially the first book in teaching the hand proper […]

Paganini 24 Caprices Original Manuscript and Part

The Paganini Caprices are some of the most played solo works in violin repertoire. This is in part because they are studied by every violinist and their mother (even some violists). Jascha Heifitz has an incredibly famous rendition of No. 24. Too all the violinists out there, have fun!

No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 […]