Kinsey, Elementary Progressive Studies for Violin Book 2 (OUP)

These books of studies provide invaluable practice material for the building of technique. The three sets of Elementary Progressive Studies, each of which contain 24 studies, comprehensively explore violin playing in the various positions indicated and a note at the head of each study shows further the technical skill to be developed. All of the books contain a good variety of finger technique, keys and bow strokes, and helpful fingerings and bowings are given.

Contents: 24 Elementary Progressive Studies - Set II: 1st and 3rd Positions; 1. For Finger Facility and legato Crossing of the Strings; 2. Martele Bowing at the Point; 3. For developing Suppleness of the Wrist; 4. Spiccato Bowing; 5. Arpeggio Study; 6. For Mordents; 7. Preparatory Exercise for Chromatic Scales; 8. For the further development of martele Bowing at the Point; 9. Trills; 10. For developing quickness and firmness in Changing the Bow; 11. Detached and Martele Bowing; 12. For Syncopation and Accuracy of Rests; 13. Extension of the 4th Finger; 14. Double Stopping; 15. Chromatic Intervals; 16. Irregular placings of the Fingers; 17. Finger Facility and Legato Crossing of the Strings; 18. Half Position; 19. 3rd Position throughout; 20. 1st and 3rd Positions. Open String Shifts only; 21. 1st and 3rd Positions. Open String Shifts only; 22. 1st and 3rd Positions. Portamento; 23. 1st and 3rd Positions. Scale Passages; 24. 1st and 3rd Positions. Detached Bowing.