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CONTENTS
Chapter I
The Purpose of the Work—Violin Players—The Trifler—
The Showy Player—The Model Player—Holding' the Violin—Chin-Resta
(Illustrated)—The Spoon. Double Ridge, Spohr, Adjustable Voigt's Shoulder,
and New Vulcanite Chin-Rests—Their Advantages and Disadvantages
Analysed and Explained.

Chapter II.
Holding the Violin—Variations of the Position of the Left Hand (Illustrated)—The Normal Position—The firm Position—The Free
Position—The Anticipating Position.

Chapter III
The Management of the Bow—The Action of the Fourth Finger (Illustrated)—The Position of the Thumb—The Left Hand—Flexible Fingering: How to attain it—Cork Stretching (Illustrated)—New Finger Stretching Exercise—The best Exercise ever written for the Violin
Stretching the Thumb.

Chapter IV
How to Judge and Select Strings—How to Keep and Improve Strings—The Points of a Good String—The Fourth String : How
to use it—Preparing Strings for Solo Playing—The "A" String Catcher.

Chapter V
Adjusting the Violin—The Bridge—The Sound Post- The Strings- -The Bass Bar—Resetting the Neck and Finger Board—Lining or "Sandwiching"—The Pegs—The Patent Holdfast Peg—the New Peg
Turner.

Chapter VI
Violins, Old and New—The Adjuster—Rusty Cremonas - Frauds for the Experienced—Mixed Cremonas—False Tickets and Real
—The most reliable Experts—How to Judge Old Violins.

Chapter VII
Frauds for the Inexperienced—Frauds in Bows—How to Judge, Select, and Preserve a Bow—Restoring the Spring of a Bow
Cleaning the Hair of the Bow.

Chapter VIII.—Tone, Forced and Developed—Getting beyond Rules - Consolation to the Solo Player—The Close Shake : How to Master it.

Chapter IX.—Concluding Advice—The Earless Scraper—Common Faults of Advanced Players—Duet Playing—Orchestral Playing—Solo Playing—List of Effective Solos—The Powers of the Violin—Appendix,
Bach's Sonatas for Violin alone—Women as Instrumentalists—Arpeggio
Staccato Playing : How to Master

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