Warm up Exercises for 5 String Violin (much hated but extremely beneficial!)

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Fifth String for Kreutzer 5 01:02

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Hello world!
I'm happy to share with you some of the famous exercises which I adapted for five-string violin. Schradieck, Kreutzer, Flesch - we probably hated them a little in the music school, but they helped us so much to develop a proper violin technique. As I switched to the five-string violin, I got back to these exercises and played them first on the upper four strings (E A D G) and then on the lower four (A D G C). But I was really missing the same exercises which would go over all five strings. And since there were none that I could find, I started to adapt existing four-string violin études and exercises which I found to be important, for a five-string situation.

For today I have completed five exercises. The first three focus on scale and the arpegio movement of the left hand in the first position, the fourth combines mainly first and third position and the fifth explores on a deeper level the second position, which often stays overlooked. All the exercises besides the third one are technically a gentle recomposition of the original pieces of H.Schradieck, R.Kreutzer and P.Rode. In the third exercise I wanted to focus on three lower strings (C G D) because it's essential to get used to them in the context of a five-string setup. Unfortunately I couldn't find an existing work which would serve the idea on an as-needed basis, so I had to think up an exercise of my own.

I invite you to download the book and try out these adaptations. There are more to come! However, I will be happy to hear your feedback about the existing ones. You'll find the reach out information in the description of the book.

I am also planning to release more sheet music for the five-string violin, so stay tuned and keep up the good practice!

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released April 25, 2020

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5 String Theory Berlin, Germany

On the nerdy crossroad of violin and electronic music 5 String Theory was born. It's work in progress and a research on the go of an artist Alexey Kochetkov, who sets himself a goal to see what's possible if you add one more string to a violin and connect it to computer. Here you will find finished tracks, sample packs, notes for five string violin and who knows what else. Work in progress! ... more

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