Handbook Of Violin Playing Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Handbook of Violin Playing The invention of stringed instruments is certainly of great antiquity, but exact information with regard to the origin of the violin has not come down to us. Although stringed instruments were in use before Christian times, we know that these had nothing in common with the violin, or that at any rate the bow was not then known. It is therefore presumed that its invention and use in connection with stringed instruments occurred in the first century of the Christian era. Many are, notwithstanding, of the opinion that the use of the bow was known in pre-christian times, - ih India and in Persia. Pictures of Indian and Persian bowed instruments exist, but the period when they were employed is not exactly known. See Fig. (2 and b of page 2. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Technics of Violin Playing It cannot but be welcome to thoughtful teachers, who reflect on the method of our art, and I hope that your work will prove useful to many students. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Violin Playing The rules and method, etc., set forth are simply the ordinary results of my own long experience as both teacher and public soloist, together with a keen selection of the best points peculiar to the most eminent violinists of our time. Each portion of the whole subject follows on in systematically arranged order according to the degree of difficulty, thus making reference to any particular point more easy. Without claiming to have founded any new system of technique, style or school, an honest attempt has been made to explain the most simple and natural method and means of obtaining such really correct technique as would form a sound preliminary towards attaining the highest degree of style and polish always noticeable in the very finest players. It is hoped that teachers also will find some useful hints to simplify their labours in the teaching of slow or difficult pupils, and should any struggling violinist by the perusal of this book be guided out of a fault or have his difficulties in any way lessened, the writer will be more than compensated for his small endeavours. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from How to Study Kreutzer: A Handbook for the Daily Use of Violin Teachers and Violin Students The purpose of the writer is to present a hand-book which shall make clear the mechanical procedures which the student of Kreutzer, if he would study Kreutzer properly, is obliged to consider; to put in black and white what every teacher discusses and shows in the lesson-room; and to so fasten these principles on paper that, unlike the spoken word, they may not go in at one ear and out at the other, necessitating tedious and costly repetitions, but may be referred to in the privacy of the study-room, as confirmations of what the teacher himself has said and done, refreshing the recollection, and fixing their facts on the memory. It is often the case that in the long struggle through which the learner passes, technique is acquired unconsciously. The fingers, apparently, grow deft over night; and the amount of skill possessed is not realized until by some chance an account of stock is taken. This fact teachers have frequently noticed; they have, indeed, seen that even the listless playing of a study will benefit the student, regardless of his inattention and apathy. To the fitness of the technical material this is probably due - a fitness that brings about its result, anyhow, though not necessarily in the best and most satisfactory way. But, if good may be gained from a playing of these studies that is mechanical and perfunctory, how much more good may be drawn from efforts that are at all times conscious, and that are carried on with a definite and inspiring end in view, namely: the acquirement of the foundation technique needed in solo, quartet, and orchestral playing? And the possession of this is the result of a proper study of Kreutzer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Violin Playing and Violin Adjustment F what I have written should prove to be a help to those especially who are not in a position to obtain the best tuition, I shall be quite satisfied. It may be stated that this is not a tutor, dealing as it does with the more advanced points of violin playing in the clearest and most concise manner at my command. A knowledge of the rudiments is therefore essential. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.