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Before the Chinrest : A Violinist's Guide to the Mysteries of Pre-Chinrest Technique and Style
Overview
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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- ISBN-13: 9780253223180
- ISBN-10: 0253223180
- Publisher: Indiana University Press
- Publish Date: July 2012
- Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.95 pounds
- Page Count: 168
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