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Modern Violin-playing, 1920
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1As soon as some progress is made in the application of these exercises, the student may begin to play the scales very slowly and with his attention rivetted on the training of his hand. Afterwards he can increase the speed of the scales, stopping unpremeditatedly on some note, and immediately applying the vibrato. There is no surer test than this. If a ringing vibrato is not produced at once with every feeling of ease and security, there is something wrong with the running-technique.
3In crossing the strings the hand is moved freely round the neck, so as to present the finger properly curved to each string in turn. The essentials here are to observe that the whole left-arm swings freely from the shoulder, and that the thumb remains passive.
5The student is recommended to play the scales, not according to any system of relative keys, but in their finger-board order—G, A-flat, A-natural, B-flat, C, and so on. That is the right way to learn the finger-board and the right way to cultivate the left-hand technique.
7After he has gained some experience in scale-playing, he will naturally go on to study-practice and to the playing of musical works. But he must by no means forget the advantages to be derived from improvisation, of course within the limits of the first position. On this point, however, we shall say something more in a later chapter.
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