| Description |
1 online resource (165 pages) : music |
| Series |
Publications of the Early Music Institute |
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Publications of the Early Music Institute.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: How to Support the Pre-Chinrest Violin; Part 1. Right-Hand Technique; General Observations; 1. Tone Production; Basic Right-Hand Technique; The Importance of Arm Weight; The Use of Arm Weight; 2. Bow-Strokes; Lifted Strokes; Slurred Notes; Retaking; Z-Bowing; Martelé and Spiccato; Sautillé; Bariolage; Ondeggiando; 3. Chordal Technique; 4. Bow Division; 5. Swift-Bows; 6. Combination Strokes; Part 2. Left-Hand Technique; 7. Position-Changing Exercises; Basic Concepts; The Position of the Left Hand; The Swing; Shifting |
| Summary |
Drawing on the principles of Francesco Geminiani and four decades of experience as a baroque and classical violinist, Stanley Ritchie offers a valuable resource for anyone wishing to learn about 17th-18th-and early 19th-century violin technique and style. While much of the work focuses on the technical aspects of playing the pre-chinrest violin, these approaches are also applicable to the viola, and in many ways to the modern violin. Before the Chinrest includes illustrated sections on right- and left-hand technique, aspects of interpretation during the Baroque, Classical, and early-Romantic e |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Violin -- Performance -- History -- 17th century
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Violin -- Performance -- History -- 18th century
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MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Strings.
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Violin -- Performance
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253001115 |
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0253001110 |
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