Kreutzers 42 studies is an excellent all around resource, especially paired with massarts edition. School of bowing technique part 1 paperback december 1, 2003 by otakar sevcik composer 4. The teacher of many of the great string players of our time, dounis imparted to his students an organized and unified approach to violin technique. Our two guiding forces are creativity and community. Improve doublestops with vamos technique exercises for. She continued studies in string technique with george neikrug, a proponent of d. Shop and buy the artists technique of violin playing sheet music. Douniss ideas regarding playing with a relaxed technique.
Dounis, demetrius constantine the artists technique of violin. Transform your left hand technique with the secrets of a natural vibrato. Greetings, japanese students and adults alike frequently bemoan their inability to use english after so many thousands hours of boring grammar explanations and examples of communication that never go beyond a single sentence. Available through amazon in book and kindle editiions, and through mobipocket. Principles of violin playing and teaching by ivan galamian, playing less hurt. The absolute independence of the fingers in violin playing on a scientific basis, op.
This collection is for me one of the most useful, complex and empowering to enhance violin playing technique at any level. So one of the things i enjoy doing at my middle school is turning student lose in the computer room to research a. Effective violin lessons courses, lessons and books by. Costantakos offers a complete introduction to the work of this man who. Violin technique and performance practice in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries sunday, c. This is a great book to let me more and more the dr.
Violin repertoire list in reverse order of difficulty beginner books at top. Demetrius constantine dounis 18861954 was one of the most prominent violin pedagogues of the twentieth century. Richard amoroso has developed a rich library with hundreds of online classical violin lessons. Accelerate your learning with a qualified dounis master teacher. The doublestop book by roland vamos is also great in this regard. Effective violin lessons based on the shonert technique i give both inperson prague, czech republic and online lessons. Byrons cello instruction is all about immediate results since he is one of few experts on the methods of legendary teacher d. The artists technique of violin playing alt ernative. Eleven books of studies for the violin presto sheet music. Bf16 the dounis collection eleven books of studies for the. This book is meant to provide a careful analysis of the principles of finger independence, and a method to achieve complete control. While there are names and categorizations for techniques, many flow into each other and sometimes distinctions become fuzzy. Dounis was one of the most prominent violin pedagogues of the twentieth century.
Kabalevsky, album pieces for 1 and 2 violins and piano. Sequence of violin repertoire the string academy of. A treatise on the fundamental principles of violin playing. Online violin, viola, cello lessons learn how to play your instrument using the revolutionary dounis method. Worknonpdeu scores dounis, demetrius constantinebooks early 20th century style early 20th century methods for violin. Title a new scientific method for obtaining, in the shortest possible time, an absolute mastery of the higher technical difficulties of the left hand and of the bow composer dounis, demetrius constantine. He has a great love of teaching perhaps because he came from a family of string teachers. My own impression on his contribution to string technique is through his impact on the playing of william primrose and karen tuttles. Dounis, demetrius constantine the artists technique of violin playing, op 12 constantine the dounis collection. For example, chords require coordinated techniques in both the left.
Portuguese, french, spanish, eng, chinese duration. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Doflein, violin method, book 2 alfred moffat, old masters for young players d. He has taught cello and violin and concertized for 30 years. Dounis, demetrius constantine the dounis collection. The dounis school nyc welcome to the dounis violin. The dounis collection the dounis collection eleven books of studies for the violin demetrius constantine dounis carl fischer llc demetrius constantine dounis, one of the most prominent violin pedagogues of the twentieth century, was revered for his intense concern for the proper ergonomics of violin playing along with his emphasis on.
A violinist needs always not only to establish a good and solid technique, but to make sure that the already acquired technique remains throughout. The violin channel recently caught up with sydney conservatorium of music violin professor, norwegian violinist ole bohn in a vcexclusive blog, ole discuss his goto scales, exercises and etudes for a rocksolid left and right hand technique. He was a member of the faculty at the brooklyn conservatory of music and presently. Whistler preparing for kreutzer book 1 whistler preparing for kreutzer book 2 sevcik double stop op. The final chapter is an exploration into the cognitive aspects of achieving physical habit change in violin technique. Violin, guitar lessons music lessons and instruments in. The dounis violin players daily dozen to keep the violinist technically fit for the days work, twelve fundamental exercises for the left hand and the bow, op. This procedure explains why after years of intensive study, there are few violinists, very few indeed, who acquirc an infallible technique. The playalong violin books cover a huge variety of songs and genres with more than 40 volumes, including classical favorites, country hits, christmas songs, jazz, classic rock, popular hits, and much more. Byron has mastered this rare and astounding information about string playing, and may now. Vamos expanded on that book, and the photocopied exercises that vamos created were published in 2014 as books, including a doublestop exercise book for viola and a doublestop exercise book. The dounis collection by demetrius constantine dounis. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Byron duckwall is one of the premiere string teachers in new york city today. Carl fischer has rendered an important service to the string pedagogy world with the recent publication of the dounis collection, compiling in one book, 12 of demetrius douniss most influential works, including the artists technique violin playing and the violin players daily dozen, and nine additional volumes, some of which were no longer. Learn how to play classical violin from a virtuoso. Daniel phillips, professor of violin at juilliard, said about his knowledge of the dounis string techniques. Part 1 1st position part 2 2 to7th part 3 shifting part 4 doublestops 18s. Develop a powerful bow technique by learning the zen of the bow arm. Eleven books of studies for the violin carl fischer edition. Everything we do at violinschool is designed with a creative and social approach. This book is an indepth study of dounis work and his art. What are the best violin technical exercise books out. A tune a day beginning scales for violin jan hrimaly. As a member of the madison string quartet, she was an artistinresidence at colgate university and hamilton college, where she conducted the string orchestra and taught music theory and violin. Dounis, school of violin technics, book 1 by henry schradieck, 41 caprices by bartolomeo campagnoli, and 16 fantasy etudes by lillian fuchs. The dounis principles of violin playing 1949 edition.
The artists technique of violin playing dounis, demetrius. Demetrios constantine dounis was one of the most influential violin pedagogues of the twentieth century. To download pdf, click the download pdf button below the appropriate sheet music image. Thanks amazon company to let me buy this excellent book. There are a great amount of bow coordination and phrasing problems, as well as common left hand problems special shifts. Sergei korguof was a russian pedagogue whose doublestop book was given to vamos back when he was a student. Students have unlimited access to the interactive violin lessons including sheet music and play along tracks. Sometimes, a practice session might consist only of scales and etudes. Suzuki book 1 stanley fletcher, new tunes for strings, book 1 paul rolland, prelude to string playing robert pracht, album of easy pieces, op. To view the first page of dounis the artists technique of violin playing op. The series is designed for intermediate to advanced students who want to learn more of their favorite violin pieces. I prefer to work with advanced students but i am able to teach advanced beginners after one year of playing the violin as well.
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