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Scan 60
A teacher of the violin and other tales, 1888
4 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 48. See the scan on archive.org.
1fingering, the most instinctive aptitude of ear and touch. It is all very well to talk of expression, but expression with faulty execution is fatal on the violin. It is true that some of the most entrancing players have been self-taught amateurs, but they were such because they had musical genius by birth, and it was therefore possible to them to be amateurs and to be self-taught. In concerted music no amount of expression will enable a performer to take his part or to be tolerated. What pleases me in your playing is that you are able to produce smooth and sweet notes: the scrappy, scratchy period with you has apparently been short. What you want is greater certainty of touch and ear. This can only be obtained by patient labour and study.'
3I set to work to play lessons, and while we were thus engaged the door opened and a young lady entered, accompanied by a tall
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