Chapter 6: Left-Hand Violin Techniques
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Chapter Six deals with left-hand violin techniques in Romanticism, discusses new techniques and offers insight into their development. The second part of this chapter investigates fingering in the Romantic Period.
6.1 Some new Techniques of the Nineteenth Century
6.1A Shifting and the Portamento
6.1B Octaves
6.1C Tenths
6.1D Playing Chord Passages (triple stops and quadruple stops)
6.1E Left Hand Pizzcato and left Hand Articulation
6.1F Harmonics
6.1G Vibrato and Portato
6.2 Fingering in Romanticism
6.2A Changes of Postiton
6.2B Use of even-numbered Positions and the Half-position
6.2C Chromatic Passages
6.2D Thirds
6.2E Open Strings
6.2F Recurring Finger Patterns
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Chapter 7: Right-hand Violin Techniques
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Chapter Seven researches the production of Romantic tone and the colour of the tone. It also outlines bow patterns that were used and developed in the nineteenth century and how they contributed to the more expressive music.
7.1 Bowing Patterns
7.1A Detache
7.1B Martele
7.1C Staccato
7.1D Spiccato
7.1E The Ricochet
7.1F Mixed Strokes
7.1G Legato
7.2 Tone Production
7.2A Bow Pressure
7.2B Bow Speed
7.2C Contact Point
7.2D Finger Stroke
7.3 Conclusion
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Chapter 8: Conclusion
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Chapter Eight brings the research to its conclusion and offers some answers to the questions which were raised at its outset.
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