Before the Chinrest: A Violinist's Guide to the Mysteries of Pre-Chinrest Technique and Style

by Stanley Ritchie and Annabeth Albert

Drawing on the principles of Francesco Geminiani and four decades of experience as a baroque and classical violinist, Stanley Ritchie offers a valuable resource for anyone wishing to learn about 17th-18th-and early 19th-century violin technique and style. While much of the work focuses on the technical aspects of playing the pre-chinrest violin, these approaches are also applicable to the viola, and in many ways to the modern violin. Before...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253223180
• ISBN13: 9780253223180
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher