Before the chinrest : a violinist's guide to the mysteries of pre-chinrest technique and style / Stanley Ritchie.
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TextSeries: Publications of the Early Music InstitutePublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012Description: xv, 145 p. : ill., music ; 28 cmISBN: 9780253223180 (pbk : alk. paper)Subject(s): Violin -- Performance -- History -- 18th century | Violin -- Performance -- History -- 17th centuryDDC classification: 787.2/19309 LOC classification: ML850 | .R57 2012Summary: 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 eras, and a section on developing proper intonation.
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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 eras, and a section on developing proper intonation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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