The Contemporary Violinist

The Contemporary Violinist
Title The Contemporary Violinist PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Julie Lyonn Music
Pages 339
Release 1999
Genre Music
ISBN 1879730073

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With the help of a practice CD you will be guided through dozens of left and right hand exercises and tunes designed to help you develop the feel of each style and how it can be used for improvisation.

The Contemporary Violin

The Contemporary Violin
Title The Contemporary Violin PDF eBook
Author Patricia Strange
Publisher Scarecrow Press
Pages 353
Release 2003-01-21
Genre Music
ISBN 1461664101

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Written by a composer and a musician, The Contemporary Violin offers a unique menu of avant-garde musical possibilities that both performers and composers will enjoy exploring. Allen and Patricia Strange's comprehensive study critically examines extended performance techniques found in the violin literature of the latter half of the twentieth century. Drawing from both published and private manuscripts, the authors present extended performance options for the acoustic, modified, electric, and MIDI violin, with signal processing and computer-related techniques, and include more than 400 notated examples. The authors begin with bowing techniques and proceed systematically through other aspects of string playing, including MIDI technologies. Their correspondence and research with many performers and composers, the book's extensive score and text bibliography, and the discography of more than 130 recordings make The Contemporary Violin a valuable contemporary music reference and guide. An additional benefit is its listing of Internet resources that will keep the reader up to date with recent developments in contemporary performance and composition. First published by UC Press, 2001.

Ricci on Glissando

Ricci on Glissando
Title Ricci on Glissando PDF eBook
Author Ruggiero Ricci
Publisher
Pages 132
Release 2007-11-07
Genre Music
ISBN

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In his book on left-hand violin technique, Maestro Ruggiero Ricci addresses common problems in shifting by advocating the study of the glissando technique. He asserts that re-incorporating this technique will not only aid violinists in developing a better-trained ear, but also provide them with "shortcuts" to playing some of Paganini's most difficult passages. Ricci introduces and compares old and new systems of playing to provide a context for the glissando system. He outlines a series of glissando scales that provides the student with a blueprint for developing additional glissando scales in other keys. He offers exercises designed to increase flexibility, ear training, coordination, and crawling technique and has included a DVD in which he demonstrates various bowing techniques.

Szigeti on the Violin

Szigeti on the Violin
Title Szigeti on the Violin PDF eBook
Author Joseph Szigeti
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 260
Release 1979-01-01
Genre Music
ISBN 9780486237633

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Reminiscences, insights into great music and musicians, innumerable tips for practicing violinists. Includes 385 musical passages.

Before the Chinrest

Before the Chinrest
Title Before the Chinrest PDF eBook
Author Stanley Ritchie
Publisher Indiana University Press
Pages 167
Release 2012-07-16
Genre Music
ISBN 0253223180

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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.

The Violinist of Venice

The Violinist of Venice
Title The Violinist of Venice PDF eBook
Author Alyssa Palombo
Publisher Macmillan + ORM
Pages 401
Release 2015-12-15
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1466882638

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Like most 18th century Venetians, Adriana d'Amato adores music—except her strict merchant father has forbidden her to cultivate her gift for the violin. But she refuses to let that stop her from living her dreams and begins sneaking out of her family's palazzo under the cover of night to take violin lessons from virtuoso violinist and composer Antonio Vivaldi. However, what begins as secret lessons swiftly evolves into a passionate, consuming love affair. Adriana's father is intent on seeing her married to a wealthy, prominent member of Venice's patrician class—and a handsome, charming suitor, whom she knows she could love, only complicates matters—but Vivaldi is a priest, making their relationship forbidden in the eyes of the Church and of society. They both know their affair will end upon Adriana's marriage, but she cannot anticipate the events that will force Vivaldi to choose between her and his music. The repercussions of his choice—and of Adriana's own choices—will haunt both of their lives in ways they never imagined. Spanning more than 30 years of Adriana's life, Alyssa Palombo's The Violinist of Venice is a story of passion, music, ambition, and finding the strength to both fall in love and to carry on when it ends.

Finding Yvonne

Finding Yvonne
Title Finding Yvonne PDF eBook
Author Brandy Colbert
Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages 206
Release 2018-08-07
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN 0316349062

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For fans of Nicola Yoon and Nina LaCour comes a striking novel about difficult choices from acclaimed author Brandy Colbert. Since she was seven years old, Yvonne has had her trusted violin to keep her company, especially in those lonely days after her mother walked out on their family. But with graduation just around the corner, she is forced to face the hard truth that she just might not be good enough to attend a conservatory after high school. Full of doubt about her future, and increasingly frustrated by her strained relationship with her successful but emotionally closed-off father, Yvonne meets a street musician and fellow violinist who understands her struggle. He's mysterious, charming, and different from Warren, the familiar and reliable boy who has her heart. But when Yvonne becomes unexpectedly pregnant, she has to make the most difficult decision yet about her future. From the author of Pointe and Little & Lion, comes another heartfelt novel about the twists and turns that can show up on a path meant only for you.