Violin for Dummies by Katharine Rapoport

Author:Katharine Rapoport [Rapoport, Katharine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Educational, Music, Musical Instruments, Non-Fiction, Strings, Violin
ISBN: 9781118273593
Google: bP7zBgAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00SZ634HC
Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 2015-03-12T00:00:00+00:00

I show you these slurs using the first finger pattern for now, with finger 2 placed very close to finger 3, which is on its fingerboard guide (refer to Chapter 5 to find out about finger patterns and how to make fingerboard guides). Later on, when you want to refine your skills or challenge yourself, try the same exercises with other finger patterns, so that you’re fluent at slurring in any key.

Adding two-note slurs to scales

After you get going with two-note slurs, apply your new bowing skills to some of the scales from Chapter 10.

Start by using music that your left-hand fingers know well: your most basic scales. Follow these steps as I show them in Figure 13-4 and on the accompanying video, and you’re slurring smoothly:

Try the simple one-octave A major scale, starting on open A and using détaché bowing (refer to Chapter 4), with a separate stroke for each note.

Play the same scale a second time, but this time, use preliminary stopped bows to prepare for slurring, with two notes per bow stroke.

Play the scale a third time through, and continue your bow strokes smoothly, without stopping during finger changes on the two-note slurs.

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