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Chats to violin students on how to study the violin, 1895
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 16. See the scan on archive.org.
1Arpeggios should be studied with each scale in two and three octaves, in order to give flexibility and correct notes in all parts of the instrument. Of these also I add an example in two and three octaves, and all I have said with regard to the method of careful, correct practice of scales applies equally to the practice of arpeggios.
3Arpeggios.
5The chromatic scale consists entirely of semitones. The chromatic fingering must be carefully considered, the fourth finger never being used for two consecutive notes. The intervals are easier to be obtained correctly in the lower positions, as the space between the notes is so infinitesimal in the higher positions that it is extremely difficult to produce them perfectly in tune. The different positions are formed by shifting the hand holding the violin gradually higher up the finger board; they are very numerous, but rarely more than six are practically used.
7With regard to finger exercises—which must be
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