Paul Shirley Right Hand Culture, for Violin, Viola, and Cello Players

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. I ask the matured violinist to recall how, in private, day in, day out, for hours at a time, his bow has glided over the strings - how a perfect rendering of even the simplest passage was attained only as a result of arduous struggle. The first object of this little volume is to shorten these nerve-racking practice-hours and to allow for a freer development of the student 5 ability. In addition, it aims to do away with much unnecessary practice on the> part of the advanced violinist and 'cellist by means of right hand studies (see p. A few minutes de voted to them daily keeping the right hand fit and ready for its task.