Contents

Violin Bow Technique

1   Bowhold, Introduction to Bowhold, Finding a Bowhold, Bowhold, Clock Positions, Bowhold - Advanced

2   Bowing Fundamentals, Introduction to Fundamentals, Straight Bow, Square Position, Bow Position at Heel and Point, Introduction to Change of Bow, Change of Bow 1, Change of Bow 2, Down-Bow Retakes, Actions in Hand and Fingers

3   Detache, Introduction to Detache, Detache in Middle, Detache in Upper Half, Detache in Lower Half, Whole-Bow Stroke

4   Slurred Bowings, Introduction to Slurred Bowings, Two-Note Slurs, Smooth String Crossing, Left-Hand Articulation, Pulsing Within the Slur, Introduction to Combined Bowings, Combining Slurs and Detache, Combining Articulations

5   Beginning Clicks, Introduction to Beginning Clicks, Introduction to Martele, Martele Development, Bow-Hand Pronation, Thumb and Fingers, Martele as a Useful Practice Technique, Introduction to Hook Stroke, The Rebound, Two-Note Unit, Hook Stroke Practice, Introduction to Colle, Colle Development 1, Colle Development 2, Colle in Other Bowings

6   Bouncing Bowings, Introduction to Bouncing Bowings, Introduction to Spiccato, Spiccato Development 1, Spiccato Development 2, Standing Spiccato, Lifting the Bow at Heel, Introduction to Reflex Bowings, Introduction to Sautille, Develop the Vertical Action 1, Develop the Vertical Action 2, Sautille - Forearm or Hand, Common Challenges in Sautille, Introduction to Ricochet, Bounce the Bow, Endless Bouncing, Ricochet - Add Bowstroke, Ricochet - Add String Crossing, Re-Energize Ricochet, Common Challenges in Ricochet

7   String Crossing, Introduction to String Crossing, Whole-Arm - Development, Whole-Arm with Bowstroke, Pivot String Crossing 1, Pivot String Crossing 2, Example from Bach Partita, Practice Points for Bach 1, Practice Points for Bach 2

8   Chords, Introduction to Chords, String Levels, Planning in Four-Note Chords, Point of Contact, Simultaneous Three-Note Chords, Finger Action

9   Tone Production, Introduction to Tone Production, Weight of the Bow, Bow Speed, Bow Friction 1, Bow Friction 2, Point of Contact (Sounding Point), Bowhair Inclination, Son File

10   Planning & Practice, Introduction to Planning & Practice, Mixed Rhythms, Practice Breaks, Three Bows Per Note, Open Strings, Pulsing, Heel, Middle & Point, Planning Bow Division, Lifting the Bow at Heel

11   Integration, Introduction to Integration, Warm-Ups, Expressive Playing

12   Resources, Repertoire List, Bibliography, Glossary

Violin Alive - volume 1

1   Preliminary Grade Exercises, Ex 1 Skeleton Scales, Ex 2 Fruit Salad, Practice Point for Fruit Salad, Ex 3 Copy Cat Pinkie Swings, Practice Point for Pinkie Swings, Ex 4 Satellite Signals, Practice Point for Satellite Signals, Ex 5 Double Twinkles (a), Ex 5 Double Twinkles (b), Ex 5 Double Twinkles (c), Ex 5 Double Twinkles (d), Ex 6 Cross the Track with Bobby Shaftoe, Practice Point for Bobby Shaftoe, Ex 7 Minor Details, Practice Points for Minor Details

2   Preliminary Scales & Arpeggios, Introduction, D Major Scale, D Major Arpeggio, A Major Scale, A Major Arpeggio, C Major Scale, Practice Point for C Major Scale, C Major Arpeggio, G Major Scale, G Major Arpeggio, Practice Point for Arpeggio Tuning

3   Grade One Exercises, Ex 1 Peeping - Slide Hand, Ex 1 Peeping - 1st Finger Back, Ex 2 Bowing Circles, Practice Points for Bowing Circles, Ex 3 Hungarian Dance (i), Practice Point for Hungarian Dance (i), Ex 3 Hungarian Dance (ii), Practice Point for Hungarian Dance (ii), Ex 3 Hungarian Dance (iii), Ex 3 Bowing Variations, Ex 4 Not Such an Impossible Mission, Practice Point for Impossible Mission, Ex 5 Bobby Shaftoe Doubles, Ex 6 Space Shuttle, Ex 7 Twinkle Finger Explore,

4   Grade One Scales & Arpeggios, Introduction, G Major Scale, G Major Arpeggio, G Melodic Minor Scale, Practice Points for G Melodic Minor Scale, G Minor Arpeggio, A Major Scale, A Major Arpeggio, A Melodic Minor Scale, Practice Point, A Minor Arpeggio

5   Grade Two Exercises, Ex 1 Peeping Under, Peeping Over, Ex 2 Fiddle-Faddle Fun, Practice Points for Fiddle-Faddle Fun, Ex 3 Spirals in G, Ex 3 Spirals in A with Bowing (i), Ex 3 Spirals in G with Bowing (ii), Ex 4 Walking High and Walking Low, Practice Points for Walking, Ex 5 Double-Note See-Saw 3rds, Ex 5 Double-Note See-Saw 6ths, Practice Point, Ex 6 Position Shift Explorer 1, Practice Point for Position Shifting, Ex 7 Position Shift Explorer 2

6   Grade Two Scales & Arpeggios, Introduction, G Harmonic Minor Scale, G Minor Arpeggio, A Harmonic Minor Scale, Bb Major Scale, Bb Major Arpeggio, Bb Melodic Minor Scale, Practice Point, Bb Harmonic Minor Scale, Bb Minor Arpeggio, B Major Scale, B Melodic Minor Scale, B Major & Minor Arpeggios, C Major Scale, C Major Arpeggio, C Melodic Minor Scale, C Minor Arpeggio, Arpeggio Practice Points

7   Warm-Up, Warm-Up Routine

8   Practice, Make Practice Count, Analyse Finger Patterns, Practice in Stages, Phrase Structure

9   Bowing, Finding a Bowhold, Bowhold Development, Detaché Bowing in Middle, Whole-Bow Stroke, Bowstroke in Upper Half, Bowstroke in Lower Half, Downbow Retakes, String-Crossing - Whole-Arm, String Crossing - Forearm, Introduction to Spiccato, Spiccato Development

10   Left Hand , Placing the Violin, Finger Patterns, Finger Pattern Practice, Finger-Fall Action, Horizontal Finger Action, Holding Down or Lifting Fingers, Left Thumb, Hot Potatoes, Arm Swings, Shifting - Sirens, Shifting - Match Harmonics, Shifting - Minor 3rd, Shifting - Scroll Support

11   Resources, Bibliography, Glossary

Violin Alive - volume 2

1   Grade Three Exercises, Ex 1 Position Shifts to Harmonics, Ex 2 Diatonic Major Sequence, Ex 2 Diatonic Minor Sequence, Ex 3 Dominant Sevenths, Ex 4 Diminished Sevenths, Ex 5(a) Double-Stops - Sixths, Ex 5(b) Double Stops - Octaves, Ex 5(c) Double-Stops - Thirds

2   Grade Three Scales & Arpeggios, Major Scales, Melodic Minor Scales, Harmonic Minor Scales, Major Arpeggios, Minor Arpeggios, Chromatic Scales, Scale and Arpeggio Bowings

3   Grade Four Exercises, Ex 1 Diatonic Major Sequence, Diatonic Major Sequence - Elements, Ex 2 Chords with String Crossing, Chords with String Crossing - Elements, Ex 3 Shifting Chords, Shifting Chords - Elements 1, Shifting Chords - Elements 2, Ex 4 One-String Scales, Ex 5 One-String Arpeggios, Ex 6 Interval Shifts - (a) Same Finger, Ex 6 Interval Shifts - (b) Combinations, Ex 7 Double-Stops - Preparation for Thirds (a), Ex 8 Double Stops - (a) Octaves, Ex 8 Double-Stops - (b) Sixths, Ex 8 Double Stops - (c) Thirds

4   Grade Four Scales & Arpeggios, Three-Octave Scales, Two-Octave Major Scales, Two-Octave Melodic Minor Scales, Two-Octave Harmonic Minor Scales, Three-Octave Arpeggios, Two-Octave Major Arpeggios, Two-Octave Minor Arpeggios, Chromatic Scale, Dominant Sevenths, Diminished Sevenths, Scale and Arpeggio Bowings

5   Bowing, Bowhold, Change of Bow, Straight Bow, Whole-Arm String Cross, Pivot String Cross, Martelé, Hook Stroke - Development, Hook Stroke - Practice Techniques, Spiccato - Development, Spiccato - Practice Techniques, Bowhair Angle

6   Left Hand Finger Action, Shifting, Shifting to High Positions, Vibrato - Development, Vibrato - Arm & Hand, Finger Pattern Diagram

7   Practice Techniques, Warm-Ups, Intonation, Expressive Playing, Mixed Rhythms, Scale Practice Techniques, Arpeggio Practice Techniques, Double Stop Practice Techniques

8   Resources, Bibliography, Glossary

Violin Alive - volume 3

1   Grade Five Exercises, Ex 1 Major Scale & Arpeggio on one string, Ex 1 Minor Scale & Arpeggio on one string, Ex 2 Diatonic Sequence, Ex 3 Bowing Styles - Chord Progression, Ex 3a Legato String Cross, Ex 3b Separate Bows, Ex 3c Mixed Bowings, Ex 3d Upbow Staccato, Ex 3e Ricochet

2   Grade Five Scales & Arpeggios, Three-Octave Scales, Scales in One Position, - Left-Hand Pizzicato, - Hot Potatoes with One-Fours, - One-Fours on All Strings, - Fingers Ready, - Changing Finger Patterns, - Tetrachords, - Harmonic Minor, Double-Stop Scales

3   Grade Six Exercises, Ex 1 Sautillé, Top Octave Sequence, Ex 2 Three-Note Chord Progression, Ex 2a Chords, Ex 2b Triplets, Ex 2c Staccato, Ex 2d Mixed Bowings, Ex 3 Diatonic Sequence

4   Grade Six Scales & Arpeggios, Three-Octave Scales, Two-Octave Scales, Three-Octave Arpeggios, Chromatic Scales, Dominant Sevenths, Diminished Sevenths, Scales in One Position, Double-Stop Scales

5   Violin Hold Review, Placing the Violin, Play Without Shoulder-Rest

6   Intonation, Introduction, Tuning to Open Strings, Melodic Intonation, Double-Stop Tuning, Is Pitch Constant?

7   Shifting to High Positions, Top Octave Introduction, Fingers Close Together, Play Scales Descending, Shifts - Landing Points, Shifts - Before and After, Note Before Shift

8   Vibrato, Banjo Polishing, Knuckle Knock, Flexible First Finger-Joints, Hand Vibrato, Vibrato Impulses

9   Bowhold Review, Blowing in the Wind, Bowhold Development

10   Tone Production, The Unmodified Bow, Bow Speed, Friction - Introduction, Friction in Use, Point of Contact, Bowhair Inclination, Raise Violin to Bow

11   Collé Bowstroke, Collé Stroke - Introduction, Collé Stroke - Development

12   Sautillé and Ricochet Bowstrokes, About Sautillé, Sautillé Development, More About Sautillé, Ricochet - The Bounce, Ricochet - Add Bowstroke

13   Warm-ups, Warm-ups

14   Practice Techniques, Introduction, Hot Potatoes, Practice Breaks

15   Resources, String crossing in Bach Prelude, Bibliography, Glossary, Left-Hand Finger Patterns

Violin Alive - volume 4

1   Grade 7 Exercises, Ex 1 Diatonic Sequence with 8ve Shift, Ex 2 Bowing Styles - Chord Progression, Ex 2a Bowing Styles - Martelé, Practice Points for Martelé, Ex 2b Bowing Styles - Legato, Practice Point for Legato, Ex 2c Bowing Styles - Spiccato, Practice Point for Spiccato, Ex 2d (i) Bowing Styles - Ricochet, Practice Point for Ricochet, Ex 2d (ii) Bowing Styles - Sautillé, Practice Points for Sautillé, EX 2d (iii) Bowing Styles - Springing Bow, Ex 3 Rocking Bowing, Practice Points for Rocking Bowing, Ex 4 Harmonic Tune, Practice Point for Harmonic Tune

2   Grade 7 Scales & Arpeggios, Major Scales, Melodic Minor Scales, Harmonic Minor Scales, Arpeggios, Dominant 7ths, Diminished 7ths, One-String Scales and Arpeggios, Double-Stops - 3rds, Practice Points for 3rds - (I), Practice Points for 3rds - (ii), Practice Points for 3rds - (iii), Double-Stops - 6ths, Double-Stops - 8ves, Scales in One Position - Introduction, Scales in One Position

3   Grade 8 Exercises, Ex 1 Preparatory Exercise in 10ths, Practice Points for 10ths, Ex 2a Bowing Styles - Bach Partita, Practice Points for Partita - on 2 Strings, Practice Points for Partita - on 3 Strings, EX 2b Bowing Styles - Bach Concerto, Practice Point for Bach Concerto, Ex 2c Bowing Styles - Paganini, Practice Points for Paganini (I), Practice Points for Paganini (ii)

4   Grade 8 Scales & Arpeggios, 4 8ve Scale & Arpeggios, Practice Point for 4 8ves, 3 8ve Scale Sequence, 3 8ve Arpeggio Sequence, Practice Point for 3 8ve Arpeggio, 3 8ve Seventh Sequence, Broken 3rds, Practice Point for Broken 3rds, Chromatic Scale, Practice Points for Chromatic Scale, Scales & Arpeggios in Harmonics, Practice Points for Harmonics, Practice Points for One-String Sequence, Double Stops - 3rds, Double Stops - 6ths, Double Stops - 8ves

5   Unifying Your Playing, Experiencing the Whole

6   Warm-Up Practice Techniques, Introduction to Warm-Ups, Bowing Warm-Ups, Left-Hand Warm-Ups

7   Practice Techniques, Introduction to Practice, Practice Techniques for Scales, General Practice Ideas

8   Richochet Bowing, Ricochet on One String, Ricochet on Four Strings

9   Collé-Influenced Bowings, Review of Collé, Martelé with Collé, Three-Note Chords

10   Sustained Whole Bows, Son File Bowing, Pulsing Bowing

11   Mixed Bowings, Mixed Bowings

12   String Crossing, Clockwise & Anticlockwise, Mixed String Crossings

13   Upbow Lift At Heel , Support of Bow in Air

14   Vibrato, Width of Vibrato, Continuous Vibrato

15   Left-Hand Facility , Left-Hand Pizzicato, Velocity Studies, Trills and Turns

16   Intonation, Difference Tones, Overtones & Sympathetic Vibrations

17   Shifting, Same-Finger Shifts, Guide-Finger Shifts, Shift to a Whole-Hand Position, Practising With Open Strings, Target Practice

18   Playing Without Shoulder Rest , Active Left Thumb

19   Resources, Bibliography, Glossary, Left-Hand Finger Patterns, Practice Observation, "Spring Sonata" Excerpt

Violin Magic - volume 1

1   Getting Ready, Welcome, Many Ways to Use Violin Magic, Let's Get Ready, Choosing a Violin and Bow, Tuning with Fine Tuners, Tuning with Pegs

2   Placing Violin, Feet Position, Teacher Places Violin, Student Places Violin

3   Bowhold, Right Hand Shape, Rabbit Face, Ways to Find a Good Bowhold, Bowhold Stills, Bow Fingers

4   Young Beginners, Introduction, Singing and Movement, Box Violin, Pre-Bow Ideas, Right-Hand Shape, Finding Your Bowhold, Bow Markers & Butterflies

5   Musicianship, Pluck and Listen, Rhythm, Echo Playing

6   Left-Arm Freedom, Shape Left Arm, String Plucks, Left-Arm Swings

7   Left Hand, Fingers, Space Walk, Left-Hand Mousehole, Fingerboard Tapping, Pluck Fingered Note, Jumping Monkeys, Left-Hand Touchpoints, Where are the Notes?

8   Right Arm, Bowstroke Action, Move that Bow!, Rocket Bow, Lifting and Landing the Bow, Relaxed Bow Arm, Paint Roller Bow, String Crossings

9   Open String Playing, Open-String Rhythms, Open-String Tunes

10   First Tunes and Scales, Hot Cross Buns Previews, Skipping Preview, Twinkle Previews, Mary's Lamb Previews, D Major Scale

11   Lightly Row, Bow Speed, Left Hand, String Crossings, Lightly Row

12   Groups, Group Strategies, Looseners, Games, Pairs

13   For Teachers and Parents, Role Models, Group or Individual Lessons, Music Reading, Which String to Start On?, Your First Students, Professional Concerns

14   The Posture Doctor, Keep that Violin Up!, Left Wrist, Left Thumb, Head and Neck

15   Performances, Hoedown, Hot Cross Buns, Skipping, Twinkle, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Lightly Row, French Folk Song, Hopping Over the Creek, May Song, In a Hurry, A Ram Sam Sam

16   Resources, Glossary, Books and Journals, Fingerboard Diagram

Violin Magic - volume 2

1   Introduction, Welcome from the Authors, The Players, Bowing Choices, Shoulder-Rests, Finger Markers

2   Lightly Row Bow, Speed, Left Hand, String Crossings

3   French Folk Song, Bow Speed, Legato Bow Stroke, A Major Scale & Arpeggio

4   Straight & Whole Bows, Introduction, Parallel Bow, Aim the Bow, Straight Path in Air, Feel the Horsehair, Bow Pivots, Straight Bow Ideas, More Straight Bow Ideas, Bowing in the Lower Half

5   Hopping Over the Creek, Left-Elbow Swing

6   Left-Hand Development, Place 4th Finger Comfortably, Lightly Row with 4th Finger, 4th Finger Tapping, Fourth-Finger Still, Speedy Fingers, Left Thumb Introduction, Different Left Thumb Positions, Fingerboard Glide

7   Bowhold Development, Little-Finger Bow Taps, Springy Bow, Little-Finger Pushups, Bowhold Stills

8   May Song, String Crossing, Dotted Crotchet Rhythm, A Major Arpeggio

9   Long Long Ago, Bow Division, String Crossings

10   New Notes, C Natural, Listen & Play

11   Ear Training, Octave Tuning, Listen & Play, Major & Minor Chords, Polar Bear, French Folk Song, Playing on the G String, Hopping over the Creek, May Song, In a Hurry, A Ram Sam Sam

12   Bow Slurs, Invisible Playing, Open-String Bow Slurs, Twinkle with Bow Slurs

13   Groups, Copycat, Know Your Tunes, Bow Circles, Pre-Vibrato Loosener, Triple Time, Rhythm Clapping

14   Posture Doctor, Straight Head & Tall Spine, Left Hand - Release Tightness, Left Hand - Thumb, Left Hand - Finger Independence

15   Performances, History of the Violin

16   Music Reading, The Importance of Music Reading, Introduction, Teaching Music Reading, Music Reading Resources

17   Resources, Glossary, Music Books