'Ah, You Play The Violin...'
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Description
This book reveals that there are innumerable thoughts and ideas—aside from those that one learned during one’s early period of study—which can be helpful in the pursuit of one’s technical, musical and artistic goals. These helpful ideas can be extremely diverse, and the many choices which an aspiring musician/ artist needs to make should ideally be intimately connected with his or her own individual personality, temperament and physique. This approach will produce a broad outlook and multiple benefits for one’s professional and artistic future.
Contents
Foreword by Gunther Schuller
"Observations and Recollections by Mark Ptashne
Ben Sayevich and Ariadne Daskalakis" - Acknowledgement
Chapter 1. Opening Thoughts
Chapter 2. Matters Primarily Involving the Left Arm
A. General Observations
B. The Thumb and Closely Related Topics
C. Topics Related to Finger Activity
D. Shifting
E. Vibrato and Expressive Emphasis
F. Fingerings and Choosing Fingerings
Chapter 3. Topics Related to the Functioning of the Right Arm
A. General Thoughts
B. Fundamental Assumptions
"C. Bow Speed
Contact Point
Weight of the Arm
Inclination of the Bow"
D. The Role of Each Part of the Right Arm
E. Articulation
F. Bowings
G. Chords
Chapter 4. Posture and Physical Relationship to Playing the Violin
Chapter 5. concluding Thoughts
"Appendix 1. "On Practising" (and Additional Thoughts on Practicing)"
"Appendix 2. Quotes from "Violin Fingering: Its Theory and Practice by Carl Flesch"