Modern Violin Technique (Table of Contents)

Modern Violin Technique - How to Acquire it, How to Teach it by F. Thistleton describes over 70 aspects of Violin Playing.
CHAPTER I

I. THE BASIS OF TECHNIQUE
2. THE MENTAL ASPECT
3. BOW TECHNIQUE THE FIRST ESSENTIAL

CHAPTER II

TECHNIQUE

4. THE METHOD OF HOLDING THE VIOLIN
5. THE METHOD OF HOLDING THE BOW

CHAPTER III

THE TECHNIQUE OF THE BOW: BOWING

6. THE STROKE
7. THE UPPER HALF OF THE BOW
8. THE LOWER HALF OF THE BOW
9. THE HEIGHT OF THE ARM WHEN PLAYING ON DIFFERENT STRINGS

CHAPTER IV

10. THE COMPLETION OF THE STROKE
11. THE COMBINED MOVEMENT
12. WHICH PART OF THE ARM SHOULD BE USED FOR EACH DIVISION OF THE BOW
13. WHOLE-BOWS
14. JOINING THE BOWS TOGETHER
15. MAINTAINING TENSITY BETWEEN TWO STROKES
16. THE WRIST MOVEMENT AND FINGER FLEXION

CHAPTER V

17. FLEXION OF THE THUMB AND FINGERS
18. COMBINED FINGER FLEXION AND WRIST MOVEMENT
19. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE FINGERS
20. THE FOURTH FINGER
21. CROSSING OVER THE STRINGS BY MEANS OF THE WRIST MOVEMENT

CHAPTER VI

22. POSITIONS OF THE ARM WHEN CROSSING OVER THE STRINGS
23. STUDIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WRIST MOVEMENT
24. THE WRIST MOVEMENT AT THE MIDDLE AND POINT OF THE BOW
25. STUDIES FOR THE WRIST MOVEMENT AT THE MIDDLE AND POINT OF THE BOW
26. HOW TO PRACTISE THE WRIST MOVEMENT AND FINGER FLEXION
27. WHERE THE WRIST-AND-FINGER FLEXION IS EMPLOYED

CHAPTER VII

28. COMBINING DURATION OF NOTE WITH LENGTH OF BOW
29. TENSE CONTROL OF THE BOW
30. PLAYING A NUMBER OF NOTES ACROSS THE STRINGS IN ONE BOW
31. HOW TO OBTAIN GRADATIONS OF TONE
32. POSITION WHICH THE HAND MAINTAINS TOWARDS THE BOW
33. WHICH PORTION OF THE HAIR TOUCHES THE STRINGS
34. ANGLE OF THE BOW TOWARDS THE STRINGS

CHAPTER VIII

VARIOUS BOWINGS

35. SAUTILLÉ MODÉRÉ (Moderate Sautillé.)
36. LE GRAND DÉTACHÉ
37. MARTÉLÉ

CHAPTER IX

38. SAUTILLÉ

CHAPTER X

39. SPRING OR ELASTIC STACCATO
40. STACCATO
41. FLYING STACCATO

CHAPTER XI

42. SAUTILLÉ ARPEGGIO BOWINGS

CHAPTER XII

43. THE BOWING OF CHORDS

PART II - CHAPTER XIII

THE TECHNIQUE OF THE LEFT HAND

44. POSITION OF THE HAND (IN THE FIRST POSITION)
45. POSITION OF THE THUMB (FIRST POSITION)
46. POSITION OF THE KNUCKLES (FIRST POSITION)
47. POSITION OF THE LEFT WRIST AND FOREARM
48. POSITION OF THE LEFT ELBOW AND UPPER ARM

CHAPTER XIV

49. ACTION OF THE FINGERS
50. FLEXION OR RELAXATION OF THE FINGERS AFTER TENSITY
51. POSITION OF HAND IN THE THIRD POSITION
52. POSITION OF HAND IN THE SECOND POSITION

CHAPTER XI

53. SLIDING
54. POSITION OF THE HAND DURING SLIDING
55. DIFFERENT METHODS OF SLIDING
56. HOW THE SLIDE IS EXECUTED

CHAPTER XVI

57. ORDER OF TAKING THE POSITIONS
58. SCALES AND ARPEGGI
59. FINGERING OF SCALES IN TWO OCTAVES
60. FINGERING OF SCALES IN THREE OCTAVES

CHAPTER XVII

61. THE PRACTICE OF DOUBLE STOPPING
62. SLIDING IN DOUBLE STOPPING
63. RIGHT-HAND PIZZICATO
64. LEFT-HAND PIZZICATO
65. HARMONICS
66. STUDIES IN DOUBLE STOPPING, CHORDS, LEFT-HAND PIZZICATO, AND HARMONICS

CHAPTER XVIII

67. THE SHAKE
68. TREMOLO OR VIBRATO OF THE LEFT HAND

PART III - CHAPTER XIX

69. SIGHT-READING
70. CONTROLLED MOVEMENT

CHAPTER XX

71. STUDIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIOLIN TECHNIQUE

CHAPTER XXI

72. THE MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPIL

CHAPTER XXII

73. THE CHOICE OF MUSIC
74. THE EXTENT OF MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE
75. THE IMPORTANCE OF PHRASING

CHAPTER XXIII

76. JUST INTONATION

CHAPTER XXIV

77. IMPORTANCE OF A NATURAL ATTITUDE WHILST PLAYING

CHAPTER XXV

78. GENERAL REMARKS

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

LIST OF MUSIC RECOMMENDED FOR STUDY VIOLIN SCHOOLS
STUDIES
SHORT LIST OF MUSIC FOR STUDY

• IST POSITION
• IST TO 3RD POSITIONS
• ALL POSITIONS