Before the Chinrest
Author | : Stanley Ritchie |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2012-07-16 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780253001115 |
ISBN-10 | : 0253001110 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Download or read book Before the Chinrest written by Stanley Ritchie and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.