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Scan 58
Modern Violin-playing, 1920
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1study changing from one finger to another, and to make the change through all the possible finger-combinations, such as:
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18These exercises must all be performed with the greatest deliberation. Probably fifteen seconds will be needed for each finger. And the attention must not be allowed to flag even for the fraction of a second. This is particularly necessary at the moment when the balance is shifted from one finger to another. For it is at that moment that the danger of stiffening lies.
20This is the point at which the student may first be allowed to take up his violin. And it is here that, according to our plan, we intend to tabulate for him the objects on which his attention must be concentrated. They are:
22A. The use of the thumb to support the violin.
23B. The best curve for the finger to assume.
24C. The pose of the knuckle in the striking-plane.
25D. The retention of the knuckle in the striking-plane.
26E. The complete relaxation of all the fingers except the playing-finger.
27F. The dissociation of the thumb from all finger-action.
28G. The vibrato.
30Let it be said at once that this list, though tabulated for convenience of inspection, must not be regarded as a series of isolated points. The first six (A to F) are, it is obvious, mutually dependent on each
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