String Crossings

String Crossings

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Strings Crossings on the Violin, Viola and Cello

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General remarks on string crossings   |   Sheet music for practicing string crossings

General remarks on string crossings :

 String crossings should be smooth and relaxed, without any accents. They ought to be performed with minimal arm motion, and the player should anticipate the change with the bowarm. Also, the player must be careful to put the same weight on all strings.

Slurred string crossings should be seamless, with a reduced geometry of the bowarm.

Two good string crossing exercises are :

Sheet music for practicing string crossings :
Composer Title Instrument Skill level Midi excerpt
Dancla Study in C Major, Opus 84, No. 3

→ Bariolage and string crossings 		Violin Grade 2/12 : Easy Study No. 3 (midi)
Dancla Study in C Major, Opus 84, No. 4

→ Finger-action and string crossings 		Violin Grade 2/12 : Easy Study No. 4 (midi)
Dancla Study in G Major, Opus 84, No. 10

→ Arpeggios in the first and third positions 		Violin Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate Study No. 10 (midi)
Dancla Study in G Major, Opus 84, No. 12

→ Broken octaves and tenths in martelé 		Violin Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate Study No. 12 (midi)
Dancla Study in F Major, Opus 84, No. 13   ♥

→ Martelé and staccato (broken octaves in the preparatory exercise) 		Violin Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate Study No. 13 (midi)
Dancla Study in G Major, Opus 84, No. 26

→ String crossings, bariolage, finger action 		Violin Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate Study No. 26 (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study Op. 45, No. 9 in D Major ♥

→ Whole bow slurs in the first position

→ transcription for viola (Grade 3) 		Violin Grade 2/12 Listen to Study No. 9
Wohlfahrt Study Opus 45, No. 14 in D Major ♥

→ Whole bow division

→ Détaché at the tip and at the frog

→ transcription for viola 		Violin Grade 3/12 Listen to Study No. 14
Wohlfahrt Study Op. 45, No. 17 in D Major ♥

→ Arpeggios and string crossings in the first position

→ détaché at the tip and at the nut

→ transcription for viola 		Violin Grade 3/12 Listen to Study No. 17
Wohlfahrt Study Op. 45, No. 25 in D Major

→ Rapid string crossings in the first position 		Violin Grade 3/12 Listen to Study No. 25
Wohlfahrt Study Op. 45, No. 27 in G Major ♥

→ String crossings, broken octaves and martelé in the first position 		Violin Grade 4/12 Listen to Study No. 27
Wohlfahrt Study in D Major, Opus 45, No. 41

→ Arpeggios and string crossings in the first and third positions 		Violin Grade 5/12 : Moderate + Study No. 41 (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in G Major, Opus 45, No. 50   ♥

→ Bariolage and string crossings 		Violin Grade 6/12 : Intermediate - Study No. 50 (midi)
  Transcription for the viola in C Major   ♥ Viola Grade 6/12 : Intermediate - (midi)



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