Book Description

Excerpt from How to Master the Violin: A Practical Guide for Student and Teachers The teachings in this book are concentrated upon one main purpose: - that of presenting definitely the most direct paths to those acquirements coveted by every earnest student of the violin. The guidance here afforded consists of explanations, specific rules, musical examples and numerous photographic illustrations. Thus the daily needs of the student, and of the more advanced player as well, are taken up in a series of independent chapters, each dealing with one important department of violin technic and providing means for conquering the difficulties usually met in that department. Great care has been taken to make all statements as clear as possible for the average student. The less experienced player will find stated here the fundamentals which he needs; and the more proficient violinist will not resent the presence of this groundwork beneath the more advanced stages of advice offered for his profit. The photographic illustrations will reinforce the instructions given, by affording visible standards and models by which the player may criticise his own attitudes and habits of action. Good violin playing is by no means a recent invention - it has been, and is, good the world over: but the methods of attaining this end admit of constant improvements. 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.