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The Secrets of Violin Playing - Being Full Instructions and Hints to Violin Players, for the Perfect Mastery of the Instrument

William C. Honeyman

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Description:THE SECRETS VIOLIN PLAYING, BEING FULL INSTRUCTIONS AND HINTS TO VIOLIN PLAYERS, FOR THE PERFECT MASTERY OF THE INSTRUMENT By the Author of "The Violin: How to Master it," &c.————CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.—The Purpose of the Work—Violin Players—The Trifler—The Showy Player—The Model Player—Holding the Violin—Chin-Rests (Illustrated)—The Spoon, Double Ridge, Spohr, Adjustable, Voigt's Shoulder, and New Vulcanite Chin-Rests—Their Advantages and Disadvantages Analysed and Explained. CHAPTER II.—Holding the Violin—Variations of the Position of the Left Hand (Illustrated)—The Nomal Position—The Firm Position—The Free Position—The Anticipating Position. CHAPTER III.—The Management of the Bow—The Action of the Fourth Finger (Illustrated)—The Position of the Thumb—The Left Hand—Flexible Fingering; How to attain it—Cork Stretching (Illustrated)—New Finger Stretching Exercise—The best Exercise ever written for the Violin—Stretching the Thumb. CHAPTER IV.—How to Judge and Select Strings—How to Keep and Improve Strings—The Points of a Good String—The Fourth String: How to use it—Preparing Strings for Solo Playing—The 'A' String Catcher. CHAPTER V.—Adjusting the Violin-The Bridge —The Sound Post—The Strings—The Bass Bar—Resetting the Neck and Finger Board—Lining or "Sandwiching'—The Pegs—The Patent Holdfast Peg—The New Peg Turner. CHAPTER VI.—Violins, Old and New—The Adjuster—Rusty Cremonas—Frauds for the Experienced—Mixed Cremonas—False Tickets and Real—The most reliable Experts—How to Judge Old Violins. CHAPTER VII.—Frauds for the Inexperienced—Frauds in Bows—How to Judge, Select, and Preserve a Bow—Restoring the Spring of a Bow—Cleaning the Hair of the Bow. CHAPTER VIII.—Tone, Forced and Developed—Getting beyond Rules—Consolation to the Solo Player—The Close Shake: How to Master it. CHAPTER IX.—Concluding Advice—The Earless Scraper—Common Faults of Advanced Players—Duet Playing—Orchestra Playing—SoIo Playing—List of Effective Solos—The Powers of the Violin.—Appendix Women as Instrumentalists, &c.CHAPTER I, The Purpose of the WorkThe extensive field over which my little works appear to have traveled has called forth a very great amount of correspondence, always eulogistic, but generally containing also many practical questions on points not fully explained in the books. On many of these points there must always be some difference of opinion, but so far as it is in my power I shall endeavor to make them clear in these pages in a manner so impartial that the reader may to a great extent rely upon his or her own judgment in the adoption or rejection of the hints. Many of them need not be placed before a beginner at all, inasmuch as so many minute details are apt to scare a young player. It is therefore to violin players more than beginners that I now address myself, and more especially the earnest student.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Secrets of Violin Playing - Being Full Instructions and Hints to Violin Players, for the Perfect Mastery of the Instrument. To get started finding The Secrets of Violin Playing - Being Full Instructions and Hints to Violin Players, for the Perfect Mastery of the Instrument, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: THE SECRETS VIOLIN PLAYING, BEING FULL INSTRUCTIONS AND HINTS TO VIOLIN PLAYERS, FOR THE PERFECT MASTERY OF THE INSTRUMENT By the Author of "The Violin: How to Master it," &c.————CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.—The Purpose of the Work—Violin Players—The Trifler—The Showy Player—The Model Player—Holding the Violin—Chin-Rests (Illustrated)—The Spoon, Double Ridge, Spohr, Adjustable, Voigt's Shoulder, and New Vulcanite Chin-Rests—Their Advantages and Disadvantages Analysed and Explained. CHAPTER II.—Holding the Violin—Variations of the Position of the Left Hand (Illustrated)—The Nomal Position—The Firm Position—The Free Position—The Anticipating Position. CHAPTER III.—The Management of the Bow—The Action of the Fourth Finger (Illustrated)—The Position of the Thumb—The Left Hand—Flexible Fingering; How to attain it—Cork Stretching (Illustrated)—New Finger Stretching Exercise—The best Exercise ever written for the Violin—Stretching the Thumb. CHAPTER IV.—How to Judge and Select Strings—How to Keep and Improve Strings—The Points of a Good String—The Fourth String: How to use it—Preparing Strings for Solo Playing—The 'A' String Catcher. CHAPTER V.—Adjusting the Violin-The Bridge —The Sound Post—The Strings—The Bass Bar—Resetting the Neck and Finger Board—Lining or "Sandwiching'—The Pegs—The Patent Holdfast Peg—The New Peg Turner. CHAPTER VI.—Violins, Old and New—The Adjuster—Rusty Cremonas—Frauds for the Experienced—Mixed Cremonas—False Tickets and Real—The most reliable Experts—How to Judge Old Violins. CHAPTER VII.—Frauds for the Inexperienced—Frauds in Bows—How to Judge, Select, and Preserve a Bow—Restoring the Spring of a Bow—Cleaning the Hair of the Bow. CHAPTER VIII.—Tone, Forced and Developed—Getting beyond Rules—Consolation to the Solo Player—The Close Shake: How to Master it. CHAPTER IX.—Concluding Advice—The Earless Scraper—Common Faults of Advanced Players—Duet Playing—Orchestra Playing—SoIo Playing—List of Effective Solos—The Powers of the Violin.—Appendix Women as Instrumentalists, &c.CHAPTER I, The Purpose of the WorkThe extensive field over which my little works appear to have traveled has called forth a very great amount of correspondence, always eulogistic, but generally containing also many practical questions on points not fully explained in the books. On many of these points there must always be some difference of opinion, but so far as it is in my power I shall endeavor to make them clear in these pages in a manner so impartial that the reader may to a great extent rely upon his or her own judgment in the adoption or rejection of the hints. Many of them need not be placed before a beginner at all, inasmuch as so many minute details are apt to scare a young player. It is therefore to violin players more than beginners that I now address myself, and more especially the earnest student.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Secrets of Violin Playing - Being Full Instructions and Hints to Violin Players, for the Perfect Mastery of the Instrument. To get started finding The Secrets of Violin Playing - Being Full Instructions and Hints to Violin Players, for the Perfect Mastery of the Instrument, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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