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Scan 197
An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
20 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. Printed page 169. See the scan on archive.org.
1Play this same exercise first quickly and then slowly, always using the whole bow.
3Then practice the same exercises, employing the section from the middle to the point of the bow. When satisfactory results have been obtained by the use of the preceding exercises, they should be practiced, using the second third of the bow length, at the point.
5In order to concentrate the entire attention on this bow stroke, it would also be well to practice it on the open strings.
7The essential thing in staccato is to accent the first note of every group, for on this accentuation the successful playing of the group depends, as may be seen in the following examples:
9A Major Polonaise Wieniawski
11First Concerto – Vieuxtemps
13Concerto – Beethoven
15Valse Caprice – Wieniawski
17Rondo Capriccioso – Saent-Saëns
19Zigeunerweisen – Sarasate
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