Pedagogical Recommendations

The suggested études are intended for teachers and students. As these pieces are not widely known, the pedagogical notes and suggested études provide guidance geared to the level of each piece. To see suggested exercises for a piece below, click on the title of the sonata. The exercises are merely suggestions for overcoming the technical challenges of the respective piece. The exercises come from the following books:
Ševčík: Violin Studies Opus 3 (40 Variations), Suzuki: Position Études, Whistler: Introducing the Positions Vol. 2, Josephine Trott: Melodious Double Stops, Dont: Twenty-Four Études and Caprices, Kruetzer: Forty-Two Studies or Caprices, Rode: Twenty-Four Caprices, Mazas: Seventy-Five Melodious and Progressive Studies, Fiorillo: 36 Caprices or Études, Flesch: Scale System, Ries: Suite No. 3 for Violin, Op. 24, Nováček: Perpetuum Mobile, and Paganini: Moto Perpetuo, Op. 11.

Each violin sonata below also includes the ASTA level that is correlated with the piece. A more detailed description of these levels can be found here.