A Practical Method for Violin Part II In Four Parts

Laoureux, Nicolas

Published by G. Schirmer, Inc., New York, New York, Usa, 1943

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Very Good Condition, With Notes or Check Marks On A Few Pages. With A Crease Bottom Right and Some Wear/Tear To Edges and/or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ Vintage 1943 Part II The Positions Violin "methods" generally pass from the first position to the second, from the second to the third, and so on in numerical order. To go directly from the first to the third position seems simpler and easier. Later, the pupil will find his second position between the first and the third. Moreover, this manner of proceeding will allow us to begin, at the same time, the highly important study of the shifts. To learn the fingerings of the positions seems, at first, to be the difficult point. Yet this is only a matter of memorizing figures. Take a pupil who already knows his positions, and give him a fairly rapid slurred passage going from one position to another. The difficulty which he will encounter in playing it will be precisely in the changes of position which we call "shifts." To forestall this difficulty at the outset by numerous exercises in shifting, is absolutely indispensable It is important, in order to shift easily, that the pupil should hold the palm of the hand well away from the neck of the instrument, and especially avoid resting the hand against the edge of the violin when arriving at the third position. The thumb should not be bent round the bottom of the neck. This would cause a displacement of the position of the hand, and would later render the shift from the third to the fifth position very awkward. In both the 1st and 3d positions keep the thumb opposite the first finger.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Practical Method for Violin Part II In Four Parts
• Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc., New York, New York, Usa
• Publication Date: 1943
• Language: English
• Binding: Staple Bound
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 350 grams
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