PDF Book ~ Instant Digital Download - Rare illustrated HANDBOOK of VIOLIN PLAYING WITH AN APPENDIX CONSISTING OF A GUIDE THROUGH VIOLIN LITERATURE AND A CHAPTER ON THE VIOLA If you have any interest in Learning the Violin then this is a great book to have in your collection. The original edition of this Rare book was printed in 1900 By Prof. CARL SCHROEDER TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY J. MATTHEWS 192 Pages with illustrations. ****====================================================**** My Personal 100% Guarantee To You If you Buy this Book and after reading it, You feel that You did not get Your Money's worth from it, Message me and I will cancel your purchase and Refund Your Money. And You Can Keep The Book as My Personal Gift To You. ****====================================================**** CONTENTS. PART I. The instrument. Origin of the violin 1 The oldest violins 1 Development and perfecting of the violin 2 Prominent makers of the present day 3 Attempts at improving the violin 4 Search for the discovery of the old Italian makers' secrets 6 Distinguishing features of the old Italian violins 7 Imitations of the old Italian violins 10 Constituent parts of the violin 10 Function of the sound post and bass bar 12 Position of the bridge 12 Amount of pressure on the upper table 13 Dimensions of the violin 13 The wood 13 The varnish 14 The strings 14 Strings pure in fifths 15 The string gauge 15 Preservation of the strings 16 The bow 16 Different parts of the bow 17 Resin 18 Violin cases 18 Price of violins 19 Price of violin cases 19 Price of bows 19 Preservation of the instrument 19 Cleaning the hair of the bow 20 Names of the strings, and tuning 20 Compass of the violin 21 PART II. The technique of violin playing. Position of the player 22 Holding the violin 22 Position of left hand and arm 23 Holding the bow 25 Position of right hand and arm 25 Examining the manner of holding 25 Bowing 25 Principal signs used for the left hand and for bowing 27 Employment of up and down bows 28 The first exercises 29 Placing the fingers 30 Exercise in intervals 33 Chords in arpeggio 35 Stretching the 4th finger 36 Various styles of bowing and their signs 37 Arpeggi 41 The close shake (vibrato) 42 The open shake 42 The mordent 44 The double shake 44 Scale playing 45 Fingering of scales 46 Chromatic scales 47 The positions 48 Changing the position 49 Movement of the fingers in changing positions 49 Diagram showing the positions 50 Double stops 53 Chords in three parts 58 Chords in four parts 62 Harmonics 64 Pizzicato 69 PART III. The performance. Artistic rendering 72 Taste 72 Individuality 73 Phrasing 73 APPENDIX. Pictorial representation of the bowing 80 The mute 81 The Vibrator 82 Alphabetical list of celebrated violinists of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries 84 Violinists of the 2Oth century 106 TRANSLATOR'S APPENDIX. The Viola 106 Guide through Violin literature 109 Guide through Viola literature 179 =============================================== This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Rare Books Recycled Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical books, we have chosen to Digitize this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other Digitizing issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's rare works of literature that would not normally be available. ====================================== Our modification and restoration process of this book, has resulted in our creating a new work (restored or annotated or improved work), that gives us a clear and novated copyright to this modified version. ====================================== Shipping is FREE via Instant Digital Delivery: This is a digital item. It is an electronic document (e-Book) in a PDF Format and is viewable on any computer with Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded for Free from Adobe.