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Violin "methods" generally pass from the first position to the second, from the second to the third, and so on in numerical order.
To go directly from the first to the third position seems simpler and easier. Later, the pupil will find his second position between the first and the third. Moreover, this manner of proceesing will allow us to begin, at the same time, the highly important study of the shifts. To learn the fingerings of the positions seems, at first, to be the difficult point. Yet this in only a matter of memorizing figures.
Take a pupil who already knows his positions, and give him a fairly rapid slurred passage going from one position to another. The difficulty which he will encounter in playing it will be precisely in the changes of position which we call "shifts".

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A Practical Method for Violin, Vol. 2 (Laoureux Nicolas)

"My aim in publishing this work is to call the attention of young violinists to the importance of the study of the bow, the suppleness of the wrist, and above all of the flexibility of the finger - joints of the right hand.
The bow represents in a measure the human voice; through it the tone of the violin is produced; with the bow great artists captivate, charm and entrapture their hearers.
My experience gives me the assurance that those who diligently observe my direction will attain a sympathic tone, and an elastic and elegant bowing".
Aug. Casorti

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The Elementary Studies in this volume provide beginners with material for a many - sided and rational approach to their instrument. This is not a traditional elementary textbook with numbers arranged in progressive order of difficulty.

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