Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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Scan 51

The American history and encyclopedia of music .., 1908

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1ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS.
3Introduction.
4I. Relation of Body to Instrument.
5II. First Attempts at Bowing.
6III. The First Position.
7IV. The Second and Third Positions and Shifting.
8V. Staccato Forms and Arm Relaxation.
9VI. Legato and the Crossing of the Strings.
10VII. The Spiccato and Kindred Forms.
11VIII. The Trill and the Vibrato.
12IX. Scales and the Limits of the Fingerboard.
13X. Chorus and Double-stopping.
14XI. Exceptional Tonal Effects.
15XII. Character and Tempo, Expression and Rhythm.

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