Incredibly Useful Exercises, THE BREAK

Welcome to the sixth and last of a 6-part series on Spiccato. Episode 6, "The Break", explores the physical problems inherent in spiccato at the tempos of 100-120, a tempo that's too fast for the shoulder, but too slow for the elbow.
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Spiccato families and tempos of significant orchestra excerpts:
IMPORTANT NOTE #1: All tempos are approximations, subject to the whims of the conductor.
IMPORTANT NOTE #2: All tempos are marked as 16th notes per quarter note. All tempos in compound meter (6/8, 9/8, etc) have been converted to the equivalent bow stroke tempo as measured in 16th notes.
Example: In 6/8 time, Eighth notes @ dotted quarter = 120 is the same speed as 16th notes in 4/4 time at quarter = 90. (compound tempo * 0.75 = simple tempo)
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LIGHT SPICCATO FAMILY
Beethoven 7, 2nd Movement = 66
Verdi La Traviata Act II = 82
Rossini William Tell Overture = 84
Rossini Barber of Seville Overture (Letter A) = 88
Rossini Barber of Seville Overture (Letter B) = 110
Verdi Falstaff, Act III Part 1 = 120
Tchaikovsky 6, 3rd Movement = 120
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MEDIUM SPICCATO FAMILY
Mozart 41 1st movement = 76
Mozart 39, 1st movement = 78
Beethoven 3, 3rd movment = 87
Verdi Die Meistersinger, Act II = 90
Verdi Lohengrin, Act III Scene 3 = 90
Beethoven 9, 2nd movement = 90
Beethoven 7, 3rd movement = 90
Beethoven 3, 1st movement = 90
Mendelssohn 4, 4th movement = 96
Mozart 40, 1st movement = 108
Schubert 10, 4th movement = 108
Mendelssohn 4, 1st movement = 111
Beethoven 9, 4th movement m. 763 = 120
Mahler 5, Finale = 124
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HEAVY SPICCATO FAMILY
Wagner Die Walkure, Overture = 55
Mahler 2, 2nd movement = 60
Beethoven 7, 1st movement scales = 68
Brahms 1, 1st movement = 70
Beethoven 9, 4th movement Letter K = 83
Brahms 2, 1st movement = 96
Wagner Lohengrin, Act 1 Finale = 104
Brahms 2, 4th movement = 106
Wagner Die Walkure, Act II = 108
Beethoven 5, 3rd movement = 114
Schubert 10, 3rd movement = 114
Mahler 5, 2nd movement = 120
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SAUTILLE/FLEX STROKE FAMILY
Haydn 88, 1st movement = 132
Smetana Bartered Bride, Overture = 140 (all notes are active, so it’s more of an on-the-string stroke)
Mozart 41, 4th movement = 140
Mozart 35, 4th movement = 140
Haydn 88, 4th movement = 144
Beethoven 9, final prestissimo = 146
Beethoven 3, 4th movement = 152
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[@hana992200]

This was a wonderful series! Thank you so much. Every day I warm up with your exercises and I see improvements on my excerpts drastically! especially on the heavy spiccato. (sautille will take more time unfortunately) All this time I was trying to force with power to grab the string while bouncing or try to cut it short for the sound!
I have a last question regarding which category a piece falls under. Would you say Don Juan stroke is sautille? or light spiccato? Once again, thank you so much for this wonderful series and going through 6 videos of struggling together!

[@incrediblyusefulexercises]

Thank you so much Josephine - that is really wonderful to hear. I'm so glad it's working for you. I understand about the "power grab" - I spent years trying it like that. I just didn't work. Happy new year to you and yours, and I hope you're well!

[@Stevehamiltonmusic88]

Which of the books has all the info on spiccato?