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Modern violin-playing, 1920
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1CHAPTER V
3THE RIGHT-HAND: PRACTICE
5Before attacking the practical side of his right-hand technique, the student must undergo a course of muscular training, just as he did for his left-hand. With these exercises we shall begin the chapter, and then go on to the practical transference of the right-hand technique to the violin-bow. After that, we shall deal in succession with the subject of the hand-position, and with the two most important topics of the bow-stroke and the change of bow; closing the chapter with a few pages on expression, the method of crossing the strings, and attack.
7The object of the exercises is the same in this chapter as in Chapter III.—muscular control. The scheme will therefore be almost identical; but a special thumb-exercise (No. 9) has been introduced for reasons that will be given later.
9EXERCISES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
11These are the same as Exercises 1–6 already printed in Chapter III. It goes without saying that the words "the arm," "the hand," and so on, are now to be understood as referring to the right-side. All six exercises should be re-studied with the closest attention; and the greatest care should be taken not to raise the collar-bone.
13EXERCISE 7
15Raise the arm slowly, first at the side and then in front, just as far as is possible without raising the collar-bone.
17This is a special exercise intended to prevent the raising of the collar-bone. With a little practice the shoulder-joint becomes loosened; and the muscles round the shoulder are stretched, so that the arm can be raised with ease almost to the perpendicular.
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