Scan 52
The American history and encyclopedia of music .., 1908
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1ADVANCED VIOLIN INSTRUCTION
3THEODORE SPIERING.
5INTRODUCTION.
7It is difficult to give, within the limits of a scant dozen lessons of alarming brevity, an outline of the technic of the violin. As will be apparent during the perusal of the following lessons, only the most fundamental and essential technical points have been touched upon, and these only in a most cursory manner. The more fundamental ideas, the positions of the hands and arms, the development of tone, etc., have been treated more at length because the most important steps in the acquisition of violin technic are undoubtedly the first. The development of even these essential ideas has been limited to the fewest words and, in some cases, only a suggestion of the lines to be studied has been offered. It will, therefore, be found necessary for the student to carefully read and digest the entire material before making a beginning in applying the principles discussed. It is obviously impossible to discuss in the first lesson all of the necessary first principles which arise and the reader will find that material in various suitable places throughout
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