Scan 14
Siegfried Eberhardt Absolute Accuracy Of Intonation On The Violin, 1912
18 lines. Read by computer on 24 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1ausgesetzt, aus der ursprünglichen Haltung zu fallen. Ich wäre aus diesem Grunde auch gegen alle isolierten Emanzipationsübungen des Daumens*) überhaupt. Aller-
3
5original position. I should therefore be opposed on principle to all isolated studies for the emancipation of the thumb*). I consider it, however, essential to eliminate all pressure of the thumb against the neck in order to prevent any obstacle to the free movement in the direction of the neck.
7The position of the index finger also can induce isolated movements of the hand and thus interfere with the certainty of the player. Thus I consider as totally wrong Spohr's injunction to loose the hand from the neck in vibrato playing through the position of the first finger, and to hold the violin only with the hollow of the remaining finger and the thumb (Illustration 5).
9It is rather an essential condition for the first four positions to hold the neck *lightly* between the thumb and the root of the index. (Illustration 6.) Thus alone can the player secure a quiet movement, undisturbed by incorrect impulses.
11Moreover that in violin-playing the hand is the passive and not the active element may be proved by a comparison with the analogous functions in violoncello-playing. In this case, where the distance is so much greater than on the violin, the guiding activity of the arm is proportionately a much more dominant and visible necessity. Moreover in this case, where the
13
15holding of the instrument is eliminated and the arm depends free, it can be executed with much greater ease and less restraint.
17*) Die Rückwärtsbewegung des Daumens in die erste Lage wird nach der Vorschrift in der Moser-Joachim-Violinschule ausgeführt.
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.