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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

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