80 Graded Studies for Violin, Book Two: Violin Book

A curated journey through centuries of violin writing. You move between the disciplined technical demands of Kreutzer and Sevcik, the lyrical character of folk melodies, and the voice of contemporary composers all working toward the same goal: refining your technique through actual music.

Violin students in Grades 6-8 who need focused technical work without sacrificing musicality. Teachers building a structured practice routine will find studies that address specific challenges while keeping students engaged through musical variety.

• Work through studies in the suggested order. The technical progression is intentional, so skipping ahead undermines the careful scaffolding of difficulty.
• Use folk song arrangements as performance pieces for studio recitals or school concerts. They're musical enough to stand alone, not just exercises.
• Schedule study work alongside solo repertoire. A study targeting double-stop clarity (for example) becomes immediately useful when applied to passages in the piece your student is learning.

Assign studies as warm-up material before rehearsals or as weekly technical assignments that complement the solo pieces students are learning. Some of the more substantial studies work well as contributions to student recital programs, particularly the folk song arrangements, which give intermediate players polished performance opportunities.

• Double-stop intonation and control
• Shifting accuracy across positions
• Bow control in varied articulations and dynamics
• Reading different rhythmic patterns and meters
• Vibrato consistency and musical expression
• Scalar passages at increasing tempos