No. 25.
This étude furnishes an excellent example of phrasing and style. Before beginning the study of it one might well play Halir’s runs up and down each string for the pure legato and position work. The student gains freedom in this way. Do not press too heavily on the bow-stick for the higher positions, as a rasping sound results. The crescendo and legato must not be sacrificed. Note the reappearance of the theme on the E string. As broad a bowing as possible is desired. The sixteenth notes fall about in the middle third of the bow, the thirty-second notes lying nearer the point of the bow. The fourth line begins a new form of the original theme. The up-stroke is rather a broad staccato, not a spiccato bowing. The bow is not raised from the string, but swings along the string lightly. Notes marked with a dot have variable meanings, according to the tempo of a work. In this case the short staccato would be too trivial. The following measure should be played in the upper part of the bow very firmly, gradually diminishing in the next line to a pianissimo near the point of the bow:
