Note Reading for Violin
Note Reading for Violin

Author: Dr. Shinichi Suzuki

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 1995-11-16

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9781457401183

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This book will make the Suzuki parent's task much easier as it will provide a reference when a parent does not know how to teach new pieces. The teacher's job will be easier too because it will no longer be necessary to explain to the parent the relationship between notes and violin fingerings. This book is well-illustrated so that mothers and advanced children can easily understand by reading and looking at the pictures. Dr. Suzuki explains, step-by-step from open strings to placing fingers, what happens to the fingers when there are sharps, flats, and naturals on the page. He explains rhythms and how to read the higher positions. When the child is young, a parent can point to the illustrations and explain easily. There are many nice pieces for reading practice towards the end of the book.

Ricci on Glissando
Ricci on Glissando

Author: Ruggiero Ricci

Publisher:

Published: 2007-11-07

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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In his book on left-hand violin technique, Maestro Ruggiero Ricci addresses common problems in shifting by advocating the study of the glissando technique. He asserts that re-incorporating this technique will not only aid violinists in developing a better-trained ear, but also provide them with "shortcuts" to playing some of Paganini's most difficult passages. Ricci introduces and compares old and new systems of playing to provide a context for the glissando system. He outlines a series of glissando scales that provides the student with a blueprint for developing additional glissando scales in other keys. He offers exercises designed to increase flexibility, ear training, coordination, and crawling technique and has included a DVD in which he demonstrates various bowing techniques.

Violin Technique - Some Difficulties and Their Solution
Violin Technique - Some Difficulties and Their Solution

Author: Sydney Robjohns

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2011-10-12

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13: 1447492560

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Originally published in 1930, this little book is not an exposition of the art of violin-playing, nor does it claim to teach a system of technical study. The authors aim was to help students and less experienced teachers through some of the more frequent problems from which they will, almost inevitably, be faced. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: Posture and the Holding of the Instrument 'Bow Measurement' On Bowing Generally Intonation Various Difficulties Playing of Chords and Chord Passages Shifting and the Portamento The Playing of Octaves Double-Stopping Harmonics 'Artificial' Harmonics Vibrato Tenths and Fingered Octaves Memorizing, Playing From Melody Conclusion, Inspiration, A Repertoire Always Ready

A New American School of String Playing -- A Comparison of the O'Connor Violin Method and the Suzuki Violin Method
A New American School of String Playing -- A Comparison of the O'Connor Violin Method and the Suzuki Violin Method

Author: Chen-Wen Su

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of this essay is to introduce a new American school of string playing -- the O'Connor Violin Method and to compare it with the Suzuki Violin Method. This essay includes the author's and the method's historical background, analysis of the pieces from the method books and comparison of these two methods in technique and non-technique features. In addition, the essay also shows how to use them effectively in teaching.

The Contemporary Violin
The Contemporary Violin

Author: Patricia Strange

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2003-01-21

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1461664101

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Written by a composer and a musician, The Contemporary Violin offers a unique menu of avant-garde musical possibilities that both performers and composers will enjoy exploring. Allen and Patricia Strange's comprehensive study critically examines extended performance techniques found in the violin literature of the latter half of the twentieth century. Drawing from both published and private manuscripts, the authors present extended performance options for the acoustic, modified, electric, and MIDI violin, with signal processing and computer-related techniques, and include more than 400 notated examples. The authors begin with bowing techniques and proceed systematically through other aspects of string playing, including MIDI technologies. Their correspondence and research with many performers and composers, the book's extensive score and text bibliography, and the discography of more than 130 recordings make The Contemporary Violin a valuable contemporary music reference and guide. An additional benefit is its listing of Internet resources that will keep the reader up to date with recent developments in contemporary performance and composition. First published by UC Press, 2001.