JAVS Summer 2001

VOL. 17 No.2

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jOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VIOLA SOCIETY

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VI. To DEVELOP FLEXIBILITY OF THE FOREARM FOLLOWING THE HAND AND FINGERTIP Practice sliding and retracting the fingertip slightly above and a lot below the pitch. Try the exer cise initially in second position. Quarter= 60 Practice on each finger, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 cycles per beat. At 6 cycles keep the fingertip on the pitch but maintain the looseness of the joint.

VII. CHARACTERS IN THE VIBRATO Consider attaching characters to each of the following types of vibrato: • Fast and Narrow-anxious, agitated?

• Fast and Wide-tragic, wailing, passionate? • Slow and Narrow-mysterious, timeless? • Slow and Wide-melancholy, with longing? What characters do you associate with each? There is a school of thought that suggests 6~ to 7 cycles per second produces the best left hand sound. What do you think? Apply these varied vibrato characters to the excerpt below. Example 3. Hindemith, Trauermusik I, pick-up to measure 14

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