Before the chinrest : a violinist's guide to the mysteries of pre-chinrest technique and style / Stanley Ritchie.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Drawing on the principles of Francesco Geminiani and four decades of experience as a baroque and classical violinist, Stanley Ritchie offers a valuable resource for anyone wishing to learn about 17th-18th-and early 19th-century violin technique and style. While much of the work focuses on the technical aspects of playing the pre-chinrest violin, these approaches are also applicable to the viola, and in many ways to the modern violin. Before the Chinrest includes illustrated sections on right- and left-hand technique, aspects of interpretation during the Baroque, Classical, and early-Romantic e.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: How to Support the Pre-Chinrest Violin; Part 1. Right-Hand Technique; General Observations; 1. Tone Production; Basic Right-Hand Technique; The Importance of Arm Weight; The Use of Arm Weight; 2. Bow-Strokes; Lifted Strokes; Slurred Notes; Retaking; Z-Bowing; Martelé and Spiccato; Sautillé; Bariolage; Ondeggiando; 3. Chordal Technique; 4. Bow Division; 5. Swift-Bows; 6. Combination Strokes; Part 2. Left-Hand Technique; 7. Position-Changing Exercises; Basic Concepts; The Position of the Left Hand; The Swing; Shifting.

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