The Violinist's Handbook

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ISBN-13/EAN: 9780820602561
ISBN: 0820602566
Author: J.A. Fracht
Remsen Press a Division of Chemical Publishing
Book - Paperback
Pub Date: Apr 21, 1979
224 Pages

Features

Contents -

What the Critics Say -

About the Author -

Foreword -

Introduction -

Massage -

When to Massage -

Start the Day's Work with A Massage -

Massaging Neck and Shoulders -

Massaging Anus -

Massaging Wrists -

Massaging Palms -

Massaging Fingers -

Massage and Finger-Stretching Treatment -

Relax Fingers, Wrists, and Arms of Both Hands -

Two Extra Minutes for General Well-Being -

Relaxing Gymnastics for Rest Periods -

Some Facts About the Violin -

Two Extreme Models -

Bridge Problems -

Care in Tuning -

Some Facts About the Bow -

Thick Fingers-String Spread -

Long Fingers-Thicker Neck -

Selecting a Bow -

Some Bow Characteristics -

Bend in the Bow -

Natural Tremble in Bend of Bow -

Preliminary Gymnastics -

Basic Preparations for Various Bow Techniques -

Relax Bow Hand, Clutch, and Release -

Release from Hand Tensions-Bow Catching -

Balanced Weight Control for Smooth Bow Changes -

Comment on Bow Exchange Methods -

The Thumb -

Balancing Right-Hand Thumb for Legato -

Balanced Bow Arm -

Speed-Up Balanced Bow Arm -

Gymnastics for Balanced Bow Movements -

Gravity and Body Balance -

Gravity Stance -

Smooth and Balanced Bow-Exchange Movements -

Body Gravity for Smoother Bow-Changing Strokes -

Comments on Bow-Exchange Methods -

Gymnastics for a Flexible Bow Arm -

Flexible Wrist and Hand Combination -

Hand and Bow Become One -

Free-Swinging Action and Birth of Legato-Spiccato -

Body Balance for Rapid-Bow Movements -

Let Gravity Work for You -

Fast Bowing Weight Balance -

Balanced Stance -

High Bow Arm -

Arm, Wrist, Hand, Fingers Coordinated for Speed -

Faster Spiccato -

Slower Spiccato -

Comment on Spiccato -

Developing in Depth the "Feel" of the Bow in Movement -

Staccato -

Gymnastic -

The Down-Bow Staccato -

Left-Hand Gymnastics -

Know Your Hand Flex And Unflex -

Stretch and Flex -

Hand and Wrist Combination -

Give and Take Pressures of Left-Hand Fingers -

Finger and Thumb Relationship -

Thumb and Finger Relationship in Upper Register of Violin -

Finger Stretches for Left Hand -

Stretching Gymnastics -

Stretching Left-Hand Gymnastics in the Lower Positions -

Thumb Stretches -

Developing the Rounded-Finger Technique -

Dynamic Energy -Left-Hand Finger Thrusts: Pressure and Resistance -

Gymnastic -

The Vibrato -

Importance of Wrist in the Vibrato -

Gymnastic for the Vibrato -

Further Comment About Vibrato Wrist Control -

Vibrato Gymnastics in the Lower Positions -

Gymnastics for Lower Position Vibrato -

Arm Involvement in the Vibrato -

Arm Gymnastic for the Vibrato -

Further Use of Left Elbow for the Vibrato -

The Shift -

Synchronizing Bow and Left Arm -

Combining Rhythmic Flow and Balance in Movement -

Between Both Arms -

Arm Movement as a Base for Shifting Technique with -

Fingering Involvement -

Shifting to a Definite Finger-Stop Position Using -

Left-Hand Thumb -

Shift on a Slur or Tie -

Arm Shifting with Various Fingers -

Shifting Away from the Wall and the Use of the Neck -

Left-Hand Thumb as a Shifting Base -

Left-Hand Thumb Gymnastics -

The Trill -

Finger Gymnastic for the Trill -

Combining Up-and-Down Finger Movement with Sliding -

Finger Action -

Harmonics -

Coordinating Left-Hand Fingers and Bow for Harmonics -

Left-Hand Pizzicato -

Gymnastic for Left·Hand Pizzicato -

Left-Hand Pizzicato with the Bow -

Thirds -

Thirds as a Basic Gymnastic for the Shift, Glissando, and Strengthening of the Fingers and Thumb -

Gymnastics for Thirds -

Octaves -

A Basic Gymnastic for the Shift, Glissando, and Strengthening of the Fingers and Thumb -

Making Exercises out of Violin Pieces -

Novacek: "Perpetuum Mobile" -

Bach: "Prelude in E" -

Paganini: "Motto Perpetuo" -

Twelve Masterpiece Concertos -

LaIo: "Symphonie Espagnole" -

Mendelssohn: "Concerto in E Minor" -

Beethoven: "Concerto in D Major" -

Brahms: "Concerto in D Major-Opus 77" -

Joachim Cadenza for the Brahms Concerto III -

Wieniawski: "Second Concerto in D Minor-Opus 22" -

Bruch: "Concerto in G Minor" -

Vieuxtemps: "Concerto No.4 in D Minor" -

Paganini: "Concerto No.1 in D Major" -

Sauret Cadenza for the Paganini Concerto -

Tschaikowsky: "Concerto-Opus 35" -

Mozart: "Concerto in D Major" -

Mozart: "Concerto No.5 in A Major-K -

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