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The violin & its story : or the history & construction of the violin, 1905
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1THE VIOLIN AND ITS STORY.
3Harmonies
5Tone of open String.
7Stopped at 1/2 length 1/3 length 1/4 length
94th String
113rd " 8va
132nd "
151st "
17Other harmonic notes may be produced by stopping the string firmly with the first finger, and lightly stopping off with the fourth finger one fourth of the length of the sounding portion of the string, which gives the double octave of the note stopped with the first finger.
19Harmonic note produced
214th Finger lightly stops C
221st Finger firmly stops G
23note of open 2nd string
25At this point we will refer to the so-called "combination tones." Although these were mentioned by German authors long before the time of Tartini, their discovery is usually ascribed to him, and they are therefore called "Tartini tones."
27Every violin player must have observed that when he is playing strong and pure double-stops, these are
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