Musical Challenges works alongside the third volume of the violin method Play the Violin!, but it can also be used by intermediate students along with any other method. The pieces are in jazz, pop, world music and classical styles and contain musical as well as technical challenges with some being accompanied by a relevant technical exercise. Many of the pieces have chord symbols or piano accompaniment whilst others are duets. All accompaniments and many demo tracks are available online in MP3 format.
1. Waltz, opus 39 [Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky]
2. Travelling Three [Jaap van Elst]
3. One Finger Waltz [Wim Meuris]
4. Enjoying Ornaments [Wim Meuris]
5. Prelude [Jaap van Elst]
6. Sarabande & Tambourin [Jean-Marie Leclair]
7. Two on One [Jaap van Elst]
8. The Grasshopper [Jaap van Elst]
9. High Five [Wim Meuris]
10. Jazzie Jackie [Jaap van Elst]
11. Andante [Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy]
12. Variations on a Theme [Otokar Sevcík]
13. Lonely at the Top [Jaap van Elst]
14. Folk Duet [Wim Meuris]
15. Quasi Concerto in G [Jaap van Elst]
16. March from “The Nutcracker” [Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky]
17. Saudade [Jaap van Elst]
18. The Whistler [Jaap van Elst]
19. 21st Century [Wim Meuris]
20. Swinging Live [Wim Meuris]
21. Allegro [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
22. Fourth Love [Wim Meuris]
23. Substitution [Jaap van Elst]
24. Tribute to Stephane [Jaap van Elst]
25. Siciliano [Giovanni Battista Pergolesi]
26. Madam Baba [Jaap van Elst]
27. Saturday Morning Wake Up [Jaap van Elst]
28. Por una cabeza [Carlos Gardel]
29. Devil’s Trill Duet [Giuseppe Tartini]
30. Shifting in Thirds [Jaap van Elst]
31. Thirds Waltz [Jaap van Elst]
32. Czardas [Jaap van Elst]
33. Romance [Wim Meuris]
34. Variations on a Theme [Otokar Ševcík]
35. The Whistling Kettle [Jaap van Elst]
36. Presto from “Summer” [Antonio Vivaldi]
37. Rocking G [Jaap van Elst]
38. Tico-Tico [Zequinha de Abreu]
39. Viola Melody [Jaap van Elst]
40. Country Dance [Carl Maria von Weber]
41. Snow on Christmas Morning [Jaap van Elst]
42. Pavane [Gabriel Fauré]
43. Ode to Igor [Jaap van Elst]
