Scan 42
Chats to violin students on how to study the violin, 1895
6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 26. See the scan on archive.org.
1followed by such men as Spohr, Molique, Ernst, Vieuxtemps, and lastly, but not least, Paganini.
3The left hand side of the tail piece of the violin should rest under the chin of the player, while a pad is desirable so as to avoid bringing the shoulder under the violin, which should be held in as straight a line as possible, the neck of the instrument resting between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, and held above the joint of this finger firmly enough to prevent it dropping into the hollow between the thumb and finger. The left elbow must be drawn inwardly until it is opposite the middle of the body (a position somewhat difficult to arrive at with any sense of ease at first).
5With regard to the bow, it should be held with the four fingers and thumb in the right hand close to the nut, the thumb bent at the joint and the end pressing against the stick of the bow and vis-à-vis to the second finger. The bow is grasped by the thumb one side, and the first and second fingers on the other, while the other fingers rest on the bow loosely. The position of the bow arm varies according to the position of the bow on the strings. When playing at the nut end the wrist should be much raised, the elbow low and drawn well in, so as to be in a similar position as regards the body as that described for the left arm, the outside (or furthest) edge of the hair being on the string. When drawing the bow down, the wrist must be gradually lowered, and the hair of the bow be brought flat on to the string at the further end of the bow. An even pressure is important. The necessity of grasping these
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