The Etudes-Caprices by Rodolphe Kreutzer are an invaluable item in the didactic literature of violin music. This book was edited by E. Uminska and T. Wronski, tranlated into Chinese by Professor Shixiang Zhang, published in both Chinese and English by Shanghai Music Publishing House in 2011.
The Etudes-Caprices are not only an excellent practical guide for pupils in the higher forms of elementary schools but can also be practised and played to great advantage by the mature artist throughout his life.
According to the type of technical proble, it can be divided into exercises for improving:
- trilling technique: Nos. 9, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 40;
- double stopping: 24, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40;
- broken double stopping: 7, 13, 25, 29 and 30;
- polyphony: 36, 37, 38, 39, 41 and 42;
- passage work: 8, 10, 12 and 17;
- declamation: 1, 23, 28, 31, 33, 39 and 41;
- main bowing problems: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 36 and 37.
Professor Zhang invited former student, award-winning violinist Professor Jiafeng Chen record learning videos for this book in 2022.
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