Concepts by Xavier Foley (Intermediate)

Not well transposed to violin

A violinist should have been asked to check these over to make sure they were technically appropriate for violin students. They are not really. Music for an instrument tuned in 4ths doesn’t translate well to 5ths especially when it relies upon harmonics and string crossings that simply don’t exist or just don’t work for the violin. Bowing technique is very different between the instruments and no effort has been made to adjust. Simply stick it in a program take it up a few octaves and leave everything as it was does not make them violin studies. Wish I had been able to see proper examples of the ‘violin’ versions before purchase (i wouldn’t have bought them) I had intended to use these for my violin students. But now, at best, maybe aightreading the exercises

Concepts by Xavier Foley (Intermediate)

Concepts by Xavier Foley (Intermediate)