[No. 17.]
A brief glance at this étude would naturally give one the impression that it is played in a light manner. It is, however, one of the most interesting Adagio studies in violin literature. The Fiorillo études are not single detached studies. They flow into each other, as it were, naturally, and with sufficient variety as to tempo and themes to make them fascinating and agreeable. This étude leads into the more rapid eighteenth étude gracefully and with dignity. Both études are usually taken out of order, on account of their difficulty, and the Kreutzer double-stop études are reviewed. Phrases should be full of meaning, clean-cut and distinct. The fingers must fall simultaneously in double-stops. A slur within a slur requires a slight separation, but not the raising of the bow. Note the exact reproduction of the first phrase, with the position of notes inverted, in the second phrase. Note the second and third measures, second line, the short staccato being avoided.
