When I saw
1) The tempo "Allegretto" and
2) The staccato over almost every note for this etude

I thought to myself "this is probably a good exercise for spiccato!"

A good workout it was too (at least for me) and this took longer than I thought it would. However that was time well spent as I had learnt so much more about slow(er) practice for off-string bow strokes in the process- I had initially shied away from "excessive" slower practice for spiccato because larger tempo differences between the "actual" and "slower" spiccato often meant landing at different parts of the bow, so I felt that I would be practising different bow strokes since the balance was definitely different (ie. Doing extra work that did not necessarily address the task at hand).

Eventually I strove to play at the same part of the bow for both slower and faster tempi, learning to be aware of what tone qualities I got from the various types of bow impacts to string as well as the sensation of what I would like to feel in the rest of my body, particularly my bow arm. Yes and to do this with ease! (Why I did not think of doing it this way sooner...)

I hope you enjoy watching and listening! Do let me know if you have any thoughts via the comments below, including different approaches you might take to get spiccato of this nature up to scratch (or not to "scratch"!).

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