The part of violin methodology which is less developed, mostly, is bowing. One regularly notes a highly developed left hand methodology coupled with a monotonous and often flawed bowing.
The colour and assortment of a violinist’s art must come mostly from his intimate acquaintance with all that can be accomplished by the bow arm.
The break or change from a down-bow to an up-bow, or vice versa, should be under such control as to make it perceptible only when it may be fascinating to use it for color or accentuation.
Bad And Good Hands: Mental Study
The influence of the physical conformation of bow hand and string hand on precise playing?
There aren’t any ‘good ‘ or ‘bad ‘ bow hands or string hands (unless they be deformed, or the violinist is using the wrong violin sizes); there are only ‘good ‘ and ‘bad ‘ heads.
By this I mean the best development of violin technique comes from the head, not from the hand. Quickness of thought and action is what distinguishes the straightforward player from the clumsy player.
Students should develop mental study even of technical details—this, naturally, as well as the physical practice; for this psychological study is of the highest importance in developing the student so that he will gain that easy control over detail of which I have spoken.
Advantage And Disadvantage Of Concert Attendance For The Student
Concerts undoubtedly have excellent value in developing the student technically and mentally; but too frequently they have a at once contrary effect.
There is a terribly dubious benefit to be derived from the present habit, as illustrated in N. Y, London, or other centres, of the scholar attending concerts, often as many as 2 or 3 a day. This habit dwarfs the development of real appreciation, as the student, under these conditions, can little appreciate true works of art when he has crammed his head so full of truck, and worn out his skills of concentration until listening to music becomes a mechanical mental process.
The careless attending of concerts, to me, has an absolutely pernicious effect on the coed.
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