The Comprehensive Scale and Arpeggio Manual for Violin

By Léon J. Fontaine

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to playing the piano, focusing on the basic techniques and elemental principles. Scale practice is of the utmost importance when learning the violin, and this guide concentrates on this idea, using it as a starting point for the mastery of perfect intonation, rapidity, evenness, smooth changes, firm fingering, and neat changes of position. This volume is highly recommended for new players and collectors of vintage violin literature. Contents include: “Major Scales in one Octave with Tonic Minors”, “Melodic and Harmonic Forms”, “Major and Minor Scales in Two Octaves”, “Arpeggios of Major and Minor Chords with First and Second Inversions in Two Octaves”, “Chromatic Scales in Two Octaves”, “Chords in the Dominant Seventh with Inversions in two Octaves”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of the violin.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
• Release date: Aug 26, 2016
• ISBN: 9781473358836

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TO MY PUPILS

NEW EDITION WITH APPENDIX

THE

COMPREHENSIVE

SCALE AND ARPEGGIO

MANUAL

FOR VIOLIN

CONTAINING THE REQUIREMENTS

FOR THE LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC, THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY AND ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC, LONDON, AND OTHER EXAMINING BODIES.

BY

LÉON J. FONTAINE

LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC.

PRICE 3/= NET.

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A History of the Violin

The violin, also known as a fiddle, is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola, the cello and the double bass. The violinist produces sound by drawing a bow across one or more strings (which may be stopped by the fingers of the other hand to produce a full range of pitches), by plucking the strings (with either hand), or by a variety of other techniques. The violin is played by musicians in a wide variety of musical genres, including such diverse styles as baroque, classical, jazz, folk and rock and roll.

The violin, while it has ancient origins, acquired most of its modern characteristics in 16th-century Italy, with some further modifications occurring in the