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by Eric Rosenbluth

Thoughts along the Path to Musical Artistry

This book reveals that there are innumerable thoughts and ideas—aside from those that one learned during one’s early period of study—which can be helpful in the pursuit of one’s technical, musical and artistic goals. These helpful ideas can be extremely diverse, and the many choices which an aspiring musician/ artist needs to make should ideally be intimately connected with his or her own individual personality, temperament and physique. This approach will produce a broad outlook and multiple benefits for one’s professional and artistic future.

Foreword by Gunther Schuller


Observations and Recollections by Mark Ptashne, Ben Sayevich and Ariadne Daskalakis


Acknowledgement


Chapter 1. Opening Thoughts


Chapter 2. Matters Primarily Involving the Left Arm


A. General Observations


B. The Thumb and Closely Related Topics


C. Topics Related to Finger Activity


D. Shifting


E. Vibrato and Expressive Emphasis


F. Fingerings and Choosing Fingerings


Chapter 3. Topics Related to the Functioning of the Right Arm


A. General Thoughts


B. Fundamental Assumptions


C. Bow Speed, Contact Point, Weight of the Arm, Inclination of the Bow


D. The Role of Each Part of the Right Arm


E. Articulation


F. Bowings


G. Chords


Chapter 4. Posture and Physical Relationship to Playing the Violin


Chapter 5. concluding Thoughts


Appendix 1. "On Practising" (and Additional Thoughts on Practicing)


Appendix 2. Quotes from "Violin Fingering: Its Theory and Practice" by Carl Flesch