"Ah, You Play The Violin..."

by Eric Rosenbluth Thoughts along the Path to Musical Artistry This book reveals that there are innumerable thoughts and ideas—aside from those that one learned during one’s early period of study—which can be helpful in the pursuit of one’s technical, musical and artistic goals. These helpful ideas can be extremely diverse, and the many choices which an aspiring musician/ artist needs to make should ideally be intimately connected with his or her own individual personality, temperament and physique. This approach will produce a broad outlook and multiple benefits for one’s professional and artistic future. Foreword by Gunther Schuller Observations and Recollections by Mark Ptashne, Ben Sayevich and Ariadne Daskalakis Acknowledgement Chapter 1. Opening Thoughts Chapter 2. Matters Primarily Involving the Left Arm A. General Observations B. The Thumb and Closely Related Topics C. Topics Related to Finger Activity D. Shifting E. Vibrato and Expressive