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The violin : how to choose one, 1893
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1Twenty-First Edition, Now Ready. Full Music Size. Price 2s.
2THE YOUNG VIOLINIST'S TUTOR
3AND
4DUET BOOK:
5A Collection of Easy Airs, Operatic Selections, and Familiar Melodies, harmonised as Duets for Two Violins, with simple Scales and Progressive Exercises, and full directions for Parents, Pupil, and Teacher; the whole arranged on an entirely new principle, in a pleasing and attractive manner, for the use of Beginners.
7BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE VIOLIN: HOW TO MASTER IT," ETC.
9The principles upon which this book is arranged may be summarised thus—I. Giving the young pupil more practice than theory.—II. Teaching him the notes alphabetically and only to the extent required at each stage.—III. Placing only the two strings most easily reached by little hands and short fingers—the first and second—before him at first, and taking him gradually backwards on the strings till he can command the whole four.—IV. Giving him the easiest scales in fingering and for setting well the hand.—V. Training him to use the fourth finger without shiftiness of the hand by always giving him a grip of the violin with the first or second finger.—VI. Giving him more melodies and pleasing airs than exercises.—VII. Accustoming him from the first to play concerted music, thereby training the ear and laying the foundation for future firmness, power, and tone in orchestral playing.—VIII. Making him early to play upon the shift by giving him easy melodies, introducing the Third and Fifth positions, thus setting the hand and thumb properly to the upper as well as the lower part of the finger-board.
11The book is arranged as a First Tutor or Primer, to teach the art of playing the Violin and the reading of music by the simplest and surest steps ever devised, and though specially designed for the young, is eminently suitable for beginners of any age.
13The Duets, which form a leading feature of the work, are adapted for teacher and pupil, for two pupils practising together, or for one pupil more advanced than another superintending the younger player's studies. Even advanced students will find many of the Duets an agreeable means of passing a pleasant hour.
15CONTENTS.
16INTRODUCTION—Hints to Parents and Beginners. Open String Exercises. First Scale, A Major. Diagram of Finger-Board for First Scale. First Melody. Indian Air. The Blue Bells of Scotland. Rousseau's Hymn. Cuppie Shell. Study in Notes and their Equivalent Rests. John and Ann. Scale of D Major. Nelly Bly. Extended Scale of D Major. Diagram of Finger-Board for Extended Scale of D Major. Coal Black Rose. West End Hornpipe. Be Kind to thy Father. First Exercise for the Fourth Finger. First Exercise in Slurring. Grandfather's Clock. Scale of G Major. Diagram of Finger-Board for Scale of G Major. Scale Exercise in G Major. Ten Little Niggers. Swing Song. Home Sweet Home, with Easy Variation. Mermaid's Song, from 'Oberon.' Andante from the 'Surprise' Symphony. Second Exercise in Slurring. A Highland Lad. Annie Laurie. Wae's Me for Prince Charlie. First Exercise in Shifting. Easy Melody, introducing the Third Position. Exercise in Slurring Fifths. Extended Scale of D Major. Exercise in Shifting on Two Strings. The Wounded Hussar. Exercise in Sharply Defining Semitones. The Blue Bells of Scotland (arranged as an Easy Solo, with Variations). Ye Banks and Braes. To Mary in Heaven. Daily Exercise. When the Kye Comes Hame. Olga Waltz. Little Liza's Hornpipe. Exercise in Linked Dotted Notes. The Keel Row. Lannigan's Ball. First Study in the Shake. Staccato Study. Legato Study Meditation. Toddum's Polka. Extended Scale of G Major. First Study in crossing the Strings. Second Study in the Shake. I Know a Bank. First Scale of C Major. Easy Melody on the First Scale of C Major. Extended Scale of C Major. German Song. Exercise in Fingering the Imperfect Fifth of C Major. Second Study in Crossing the Strings. Blucher's March. Daily Exercise in Legato Bowing. Silver Bell Schottische (introducing Melody by Spohr). Duet from 'Rigoletto.' Extended Scale of D Major, introducing the Fifth Position. Easy Melody on the Third and Fifth Positions. Pleyel's First Duet. Scale of F Major. Life Let us Cherish. Melody from Loder (Harmonised). Daily Legato Exercise. March of the Men of Harlech. Scale of B Flat Major. Easy Melody for Setting the Hand to B Flat. Duet from 'Don Pasquale.' Flora M'Donald's Lament. Duet from 'La Traviata.' First Scale of E Flat. Shells of Ocean. Extended Scale of A Major. Exercise on the Extended Scale of A Major. Second Study in Stretched Notes. Conclusion.
18EDINBURGH: E. KOHLER & SON, NORTH BRIDGE.
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