levels

LEVELS

1. BEGINNER (0-6/9 months)

1-octave scales, broken 3rds, arpeggios; simple double stops, shifts to 4th position
pre-Schröder etudes
Essential Elements book 1
Suzuki book 1

2. ELEMENTARY (6/9 months to 2 years)

2-octave scales, broken 3rd, arpeggios, 1-octave double stops, shifts to harmonic
Schröder Op. 31, easy Lee Op. 70, easy Kummer, easy Dotzauer etudes
Essential Elements book 2
Suzuki book 2-3
easy Bach from Suites 1-3

3. INTERMEDIATE (3-6 years)

3-octaves scales (traditional and Galamian), broken 3rds, arpeggios, up to 2-octave double stops, shifts to the octave on one string, long shifts starting in 1st-3rd position
Dotzauer books 1 and 2, easy Duport, Merk, Grützmacher, Battanchon 1-4, New Popper 1-20
Essential Technique book 3
Suzuki books 4-6
Bach Suites 1-4
sonatas by Marcello, Vivaldi, Eccles, Breval, Sammartini, Bach Gamba, Romberg, Beethoven Op. 5
concertinos by Klengel
concertos by Goltermann, Boccherini Bb, Saint-Saëns Am, Haydn C

4. ADVANCED (7-12 years)

4-octave scales (C-G), broken 3rds, arpeggios, up to 3-octave double stops, all long shifts
études by Dotzauer books 3 and 4, all Duport, Merk, Grützmacher, Battachon, all New Popper, easy Piatti, Paganini 9, Bukinik, Kreutzer
solo: Bach 1-6, sonatas by Reger, Hindemith, Crumb
sonatas by Beethoven Op. 69 and Op. 102, Schubert Arpeggione, Brahms F, Chopin, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Franck, Rachmaninov
concertos by Haydn in D, Lalo, Elgar, Schumann, Dvorak, Rococo Vars.

5. VIRTUOSO (12+ years)

all 4-octaves scales, broken 3rds, arpeggios, up to 3-octave double stops
études by Duport, Merk, Grützmacher, all New Popper 21-40, all Piatti, Servais caprices, selected Paganini caprices, Kreutzer
solo: Bach 1-6, Kodaly Sonata, Ligeti Sonata, Britten Suites
sonatas by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Martinu, Britten
concertos by Shostakovich, Walton, Lutoslawski, Dutilleux, Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante, Britten Symphony-Concerto