TECHNICAL PROGRAM !!

TECHNICAL WORK

otherwise known as the bane of my existence

i figure making you scroll all that way is sort of mean...

Technical Program

Exercise 5.2 from AMEB Grade 5
Intonation checking
Lee Op 31 Exercise 5
works on lyrical phrasing and string changes seen in It Was Raining Somewhere Else,aids quick slurred notes and string changes which can be seen in Widow, Lunar Orbit, and Flamenco
Kummer Violoncello Method
Aids in double stops seen in Flamenco and Lunar Orbit
Sevcik Op 2 Exercise 3
Aids in slurred notes, vibrato, and sustenance as seen in Lunar Orbit, It's Raining Somewhere Else, and Song For Sienna

Weekly Focus Breakdown Model

weeks 1-2
working on intonation, double stop & chord clarity
weeks 3-4
Focusing on bow work -conserving bow, legato phrases, tremolo
weeks 5-6
Challengings areas of pieces (artificial harmonics in lunar orbit and thumb position in flamenco)
weeks 7-8
More focus on dynamics, run through entire works

technical program !!

Identified Challenges in the Program

lunar orbit

The main challenge this piece entails is the gratuitously added artificial notes. I've never encountered them in a piece before, and the ones in the piece do require a certain stretch. The second challenge is the string crossings. They are quite quick and require odd fingerings at times. I wouldn't say the pizzicato in this piece is a challenge, but I do have to be mindful of how i'm articulating it, least it sound sloppy.

string crossings being concise

artificial harmonics being clear

double stops being balanced

widow

The main three challenges with widow is the double stops and the fast paced notes that are often tremolo-ed (if that's a word) or slurred.

rapid tremolo

lyric melodic lines requiring a controlled vibrato

smart use of bow

flamenco

This piece may be the most challenging just for it's gratuitious use of double stops/chords. As well as that, the left hand is given extra work to do where it also plays pizzicato and two various places of the piece and the thumb position.

clear in tune double stops

accuracy when shifting to high positions

stable left hand when pizzicato

song for sienna

This piece is slower, which means there has to be a lot more mindfulness to vibrato and intonation -especially with the quick position changes.

smooth bow changes

vibrato speed

accurate position shifting

it's raining somewhere else

Honestly, it's challenges are the same as Song for Sienna...there is weird syncopation at times and it more often than not, doesn't start on the first beat, but I don't know how I could connect that to a excercise.

smooth bow changes

vibrato speed

clear string crossings