I combined three practice sessions into one video this time.
Challenges:
- thirds
- string crossings
- 4th finger on the A string – some violinists add in an octave, so I did too
- fast shifting from G & C strings to A
- awkward double stops
Practice Strategies:
- sextuplets → triplets → duplets → as written
- start the passage both down-bow and up-bow for each step
- speak the rhythm
- practicing in chunks and connecting them
- sliding for every shift to connect the positions and understand how the shape of my hand should be
Things I’ve learned:
- improving finger balance in thumb position on the lower strings
- balance on the 3rd finger even when using 4th – at least for this kind of passage
Things I like:
- character @ 46:22
- the added octaves
Things I want to improve:
- articulation of the slurs in the double stop passage
- the clarity of the ricochet
- I really liked how I played the double stops at @ 46:22, so I want to reinforce that
- more difference between the détaché and the staccato at L
- not so sure I like the break before the vibrato glissando right before L
- the rhythm in the lyrical section is too free of the beat…whoops!
- my vibrato is too wide sometimes in the G string passage
