Chapter II: 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

PART III.
The performance.

Artistic rendering 72
Taste 72
Individuality 73
Phrasing 73

APPENDIX.

Pictorial representation of the bowing 80
The mute 81
The Vibrator 82
Alphabetical list of celebrated violinists of the 17ᵗʰ,
18ᵗʰ and 19ᵗʰ centuries 84
Violinists of the 20ᵗʰ century 106

TRANSLATOR’S APPENDIX.

The Viola 107
Guide through Violin literature 109
Guide through Viola literature 179