PART II.

The technique of violin playing.

Position of the player 22 Holding the violin 22 Position of left hand and arm 23 Holding the bow 25 Position of right hand and arm 25 Examining the manner of holding 25 Bowing 25 Principal signs used for the left hand and for bowing 27 Employment of up and down bows 28 The first exercises 29 Placing the fingers 30 Exercise in intervals 33 Chords in arpeggio 35 Stretching the 4ᵗʰ finger 36 Various styles of bowing and their signs 37 Arpeggi 41 The close shake (vibrato) 42 The open shake 42 The mordent 44 The double shake 44 Scale playing 45 Fingering of scales 46 Chromatic scales 47 The positions 48 Changing the position 49 Movement of the fingers in changing positions 49 Diagram showing the positions 50 Double stops 53 Chords in three parts 58 Chords in four parts 62 Harmonics 64 Pizzicato 69