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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
6 lines. Read by computer on 1 October 2026. Printed page 341. See the scan on archive.org.
1and detached, with a little space between every two, for though they are written thus—
3they should be played as if there was a rest after every note, in this manner—
5The second precaution is, that you first play with the point of the bow; and when that becomes easy to you, that you use that part of it which is between the point and the middle; and when you are likewise mistress of this part of the bow, that you practise in the same manner with the middle of the bow; and above all, you must remember in these studies to begin the Allegros or flights sometimes with an up-bow, and sometimes with a down-bow, carefully avoiding the habit of constantly practising one way. In order to acquire a greater facility of executing swift passages in a light and neat manner, it will be of great use to you if you accustom yourself to skip over a string between two quick notes in divisions, like these—
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