Caprice No. 16 (Paganini)

The first part shows the theme, requiring a player's ability of right-hand and left-hand bow control as it consists of arpeggios using either alternate adjacent strings or string jumping.

The former requires the player the mastery of upper register, as it is difficult to control especially with the distance.

The next area differentiates itself by the continued use of a quieter feel, with chromatic passages executed in slur phrases.

It returns with a series of up and down arpeggios and scales increasing in intensity until the caprice's conclusion.

The caprice appears to be brief since its entire length is executed in presto.