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Violin3rd Editionby Katharine Rapoport
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Contents at a GlanceIntroduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Part 1: So You Want to Play the Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5CHAPTER 1:CHAPTER 2:CHAPTER 3:Introducing the Violin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Getting Started with the Violin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Holding Up Well. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Part 2: Getting Started: The Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51CHAPTER 4:CHAPTER 5:CHAPTER 6:Taking a Bow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Getting the Left Hand Right. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69All Together Now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Part 3: Reading Music for the Violin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHAPTER 7:CHAPTER 8:CHAPTER 9:105Translating Five Lines onto Four Strings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Making Rhythm Count. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Measuring Up: A Guide to Meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Part 4: Musicianship and Harmony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161Weighing In on Scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Cracking Key Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187CHAPTER 12: Making Sweet Music Together: Harmony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195CHAPTER 10:CHAPTER 11:Part 5: Taking It Up a Notch: Techniques and Styles . . . . . .CHAPTER 13:205Becoming Fluent in the Language of Bowing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Putting Your Finger on It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237CHAPTER 15: Playing with Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281CHAPTER 14:Part 6: Getting into Gear, Staying in Gear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305Finding the Right Violin and Bow for You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307CHAPTER 17: Protecting Your Assets: Violin Care and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327CHAPTER 16:Part 7: The Part of Tens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353Ten Top Performers — and Their Recordings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ten Ways to Go Beyond This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHAPTER 20: Ten (Or So) Tips on Finding a Teacher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPENDIX: Audio Tracks and Video Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355363373385Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395CHAPTER 18:CHAPTER 19:
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Foolish Assumptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Icons Used in This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beyond the Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Where to Go from Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12233PART 1: SO YOU WANT TO PLAY THE VIOLIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5CHAPTER 1: Introducing the Violin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Meeting the String Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Tuning up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Holding on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Bowing Out Some Sounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Looking closely at the bow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Using both your hands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Making Music with or without Notation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Knowing the notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Getting rhythm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Digging Deeper into Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Scales and key signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Harmony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Playing with Style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Dazzling technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Multicultural music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Having Your Own Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13CHAPTER 2:Getting Started with the Violin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Examining the Violin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16How Violins Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19String vibration and string length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Using both hands to make a sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19How the bow helps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Unpacking Your Violin and Putting It Away Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Taking the violin out of its case. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Putting the violin away. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Protecting your violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Getting Your Violin in Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Working the pegs and fine tuners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Tuning with the piano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Using an electronic tuner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Table of Contentsv
Getting close with a pitch pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Finding A with a tuning fork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Troubleshooting Guide to Dealing with Pegs and Fine Tuners. . . . . . .Peg problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fine tuner problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHAPTER 3:3132333335Holding Up Well. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Understanding the Importance of a Good Violin Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . .When standing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .When sitting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Reading from a Music Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Finding a Good Fit: Chinrests and Shoulder Rests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chinrests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shoulder rests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fixing Common Problems with the Violin Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Keeping the scroll afloat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Watching the horizontal angle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Keeping your elbow under. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Relaxing the shoulder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373841424343464848484950PART 2: GETTING STARTED: THE BASICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51CHAPTER 4: Taking a Bow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Saying Hello to the Bow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Treating Your Bow Well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tightening and loosening the horsehair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Using rosin on the bow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Getting to Grips with Your Bow Hold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The famous diva method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The hidden treasures method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Conquering common problems with the bow hold. . . . . . . . . . . . .Putting Bow to Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bowing on different strings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Understanding bowing symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Playing Your First Concert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bowing in the Styles of Mr. Smooth and Mr. Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHAPTER 5:Getting the Left Hand Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Shaping Up Your Arm and Fingers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Getting your arm in shape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Taking your fingers to tap dancing class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Framing your left hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Relaxing your thumb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .viViolin For Dummies545556575959606262636565676970717274
Putting Your Fingers on the Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Getting groovy fingertips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Counting your fingers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Knowing which finger to use for what note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lifting and placing your fingers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Taping Training Wheels on the Fingerboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Preparing Your Pizzicato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Putting Finger 2 to Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHAPTER 6:7474757676768082All Together Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87All Together Now: Putting Both Hands to Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Getting into playing position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Practicing with hands together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Crossing Over to a Different String. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Changing strings with the bow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Moving your fingers to different strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Playing Music with Both Hands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Warming up to the task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Topping the charts: Two simple songs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Expanding Your Bow Strokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Using more bow, gradually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Preparing to play Pachelbel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102PART 3: READING MUSIC FOR THE VIOLIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHAPTER 7: Translating Five Lines onto Four Strings . . . . . . . . . . .107Lining Up the Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Setting the pitch with the clef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (and so do girls!) . . . . . . . . . . . .Climbing the ledger lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Naming Your Notes, String by String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 basic notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A string . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E string . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D string. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G string. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meeting the Sharps, Flats, and Naturals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Identifying sharps, flats, and naturals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Playing sharps and flats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Playing Music by Reading the Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Getting Louder or Softer — Dynamite Dynamics! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Playing loudly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Making soft sounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adding crescendo and diminuendo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21121Table of Contents105vii
CHAPTER 8:CHAPTER 9:Making Rhythm Count. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125Dissecting a Musical Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adding Up the Value of Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Whole notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Half notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Quarter notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eighth notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sixteenth notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Triplets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Counting In-Between Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dotted half notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dotted quarter notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Taking a Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .You’ve Got Rhythm: Pieces to Play!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126127127128129130131131132133133134135Measuring Up: A Guide to Meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139Keeping Measure of the Beats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Counting Beats: Time Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Tapping into the beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Counting rests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Emphasizing the right beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Regulating Your Speed with a Metronome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Mechanical metronomes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145Electronic metronomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147Making friends with your metronome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Making Music in 4 4 Meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Counting and Playing in Threes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Doing (Just About) Everything Else from Fours and Threes. . . . . . . . .1532 time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153468 time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Getting Up to Speed: What Those Tempo Markings Mean. . . . . . . . . 156Time for Some Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157viiiPART 4: MUSICIANSHIP AND HARMONY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHAPTER 10: Weighing In on Scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163Climbing Up and Down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marching through the Major Scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Building major scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Major scales you need to know. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A major scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G major scale, upper octave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G major scale, two octaves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163164165166167170171Violin For Dummies161
E major scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A major scale, two octaves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F major scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Casting Light on Those Minor Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Building a minor scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Playing A melodic minor scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Playing A harmonic minor scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meeting Other Scales in Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Natural minor scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pentatonic scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chromatic scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harping On about Arpeggios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A major arpeggio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A minor arpeggio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Major (and Minor) Achievements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172175176177177178179180181181181183183184184Cr
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