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Exam Prep, Bow trials

June 8, 2006 at 3:58 AM

Well, I'm on study break at the moment. I have three assesments left - a viva voce for aural, an exam for history 2, plus a technical exam for my violin. I'm feeling fairly confident, here's what I need to do for the tech exam:
Clapping Fingers (scales in one position, across all four strings and back down, in 7 positions)
2 octave arpeggios (Minor, Major, relative minor, sub-dominant, sub-dominant minor, dimished 7th, dominant 7th)
one string scales and arpeggios (as above)
3 octave scales (3, 6 and 9 notes per bow), plus arpeggios
4 octave scale and arpeggios on G
2 octave scales in thirds, sixths and octaves
A shifting excercises - 2nds, 3rds, 4ths and 5ths
Kreutzer 2 and 13, plus own choice (Kreutzer 11)
Weiniawski etude duet (equal parts)
Telemann Canon sonata
Orchestral Excerpts

All scales and such to be done on G, B and Eb (Major and Minors)

Gee, that sounds like a lot, yet I can get through all the scales in about 15-30 mins.

I'm still trying out the Avanti. On Tuesday, finally! I will get to try out the bows from my teachers dealer. So hopefully, I'll be able to make my decision soon. Gee, it's only been a semester since my violin was sold... a semester since I told my teacher that I was looking for a bow, a semester since the dealer was contacted and told that I was looking for a bow. I'm really looking forward to it. Hopefully, they're alright.

I joke with my parents sometimes that I should put an ad in the paper looking for a rich benefactor to support an emerging young violinist and composer. Music isn't really a cheap venture to get set up in...

Your exam sounds brutal. I'm sure you'll do well, and I'm sure you'll be happy when it's behind you. The financial plight of an aspiring violinist is no joke.
Dunno what the name for it is down under, but here in the U.S. that's called a sugar momma.
They look like AMEB technical work requirements. Lucky for you, at least you don't have to do the 3 octave scales and arpeggios in different bowings (legato, slurred, spicatto and sautille), or do you??

You sounded quite prepared and ready. Anyways, best of luck!

Yea, william, it's kinda based on the AMEB stuff, I guess. But then again, almost all technical work is the same, so no matter what system you are using, it's fairly easy to swap to a different one.

I don't have to do the different bowings for the scales.