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Scan 115
A Practical Guide to Violin-Playing, 1913
6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 97. See the scan on archive.org.
1The Author gives here only two examples which may indicate difficulties as regards intonation.
3In example 1 the note played with the second finger in the ascending scales is nearly always taken sharp, while in example 2 the third finger is dragged up too high by the succeeding fourth finger.
5Other difficulties, such as stretches with bold jumps, etc., will be a matter of endless practice, but in all cases the ear must be the supreme court of appeal. Violinists favoured with broad and fleshy finger tips have the great advantage of correcting a note not found to be quite in tune; by instantly turning the finger in the needed direction the point of difficulty will be solved almost imperceptibly. Considerable elasticity is also required to play with an orchestral accompaniment which for one reason or another may not always be in tune. The Author well remembers the performance of a famous Quartet party when the leader sometimes happened to be in difficulties de jouer juste. Whenever required, his alert colleagues came to his rescue and followed him to a flatter or sharper pitch, and in so doing covered as far as possible the result of advancing age and bad nerves.
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