A General List of Exercises, Studies and Etudes
for Violin and Viola*
J. Dont – Etudes and Caprices, Op.35**
D. Dounis – Studies for the Violin
H. W. Ernst – 6 Polyphonic Etudes
F. Fiorillo – 36 Etudes and Caprices**
P. Gavinies – 24 Studies
K. Flesch – Scale System**
J. Hrimaly – Scale Studies**
H. Kayser – 36 Etudes, Op.20**
R. Kreutzer – 42 Studies for Violin**
J. Mazas – Etudes Spéciales, Op.36**
N. Paganini – 24 Caprices, Op.1**
P. Rode – 24 Caprices**
H. Schradieck – School of Violin Technics, Books I, II, III**
O. Ševčik – School of Violin Technique, Op.1 – 8**
H. Wieniawski – L’École Moderne, Op.10; Études Caprices, Op. 18
F. Wolfhart – Sixty Studies, op.45**
Specifically for Viola
D. Dounis – Specific Technical Exercises for Viola, op. 25
L. Fuchs – Fifteen Characteristic Studies; Sixteen Fantasy Etudes; Twelve Caprices
H. Kayser – 24 Studies, Op.55
* Most of the exercises and etudes for the violin have been transcribed for viola and used with great success. To avoid unnecessary repetition, I have used a double asterisk (**) to indicate the studies that apply to both violin and viola. I have also underlined the studies that are most essential to my teaching.
