Scan 582
The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1909
6 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026. Printed page 504. See the scan on archive.org.
1hey should be played as if there was a rest after every note, in this manner—
3The 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 that part 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—
5Of such divisions you may play extempore as many as possible, and in every key, which will be both useful and necessary.
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