The 24 Caprices for Violin, Op. 22, composed in the early nineteenth century by Pierre Rode, are a series of 24 caprices for solo violin. They cycle through the circle of fifths, presenting each major key and then its

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.24 Rode Caprices They were first published in 1813. Violinists often use these caprices in training to develop technique.

Caprices

Caprice No. 1 in C major

# Cantabile, 3/4 #

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, 12/8

Caprice No. 2 in A minor

# Allegretto, 6/8

Caprice No. 3 in G major

# Comodo, 3/4

Caprice No. 4 in E minor

# Siciliano, 6/8 # Allegro, common time

Caprice No. 5 in D major

# Moderato, common time

Caprice No. 6 in B minor

# Adagio, 3/4 # Moderato, cut time

Caprice No. 7 in A major

# Moderato, common time

Caprice No. 8 in F-sharp minor

# Moderato assai, 12/8

Caprice No. 9 in E major

# Adagio, 3/4 # Allegretto, 12/16

Caprice No. 10 in C-sharp minor

# Allegretto, 3/8

Caprice No. 11 in B major

# Allegro brillante, common time

Caprice No. 12 in G-sharp minor

# Comodo, 3/4

Caprice No. 13 in G-flat major

# Grazioso, common time

Caprice No. 14 in E-flat minor

# Adagio con espressione, common time # Appassionato, 3/4

Caprice No. 15 in D-flat major

# Vivace assai, 3/8

Caprice No. 16 in B-flat minor

# Andante, 2/4 In the middle of this caprice, the key changes to B-flat major, briefly back to B-flat minor, and then ends in B-flat major.

Caprice No. 17 in A-flat major

# Vivacissimo, 2/4

Caprice No. 18 in F minor

# Presto, 3/8

Caprice No. 19 in E-flat major

# Arioso, 3/4 # Allegretto, 6/8

Caprice No. 20 in C minor

# Grave e sostenuto, common time

Caprice No. 21 in B-flat major

# Tempo giusto, 3/4

Caprice No. 22 in G minor

# Presto, 3/8

Caprice No. 23 in F major

# Moderato, common time

Caprice No. 24 in D minor

# Introduzione, 3/4 # Agitato con fuoco, 2/4 This caprice ends in D major.

References

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External links

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