Dounis was one of the most prominent violin pedagogues of the twentieth century. The struggle to change the technical habits of violin playing is both physical and mental on many levels, and this difficulty is the main reason as to why douniss unique methods have often been met with resistance. The development of a facile and secure technique begins with physical freedom. Jul 17, 20 free printable parts of the violin and bow stay safe and healthy. The principle of the viotti stroke is energy and release, that is, to work on the short note. An overview of the history of violin pedagogy with an emphasis on amateur violinists. Join us as we explore the fundamental principles and early stages of teaching violin and viola through a series of engaging video lectures and lesson demonstrations, including.
Shifting the position and preparatory scale studies, op. Dounis, demetrius constantine the dounis collection. Dounis broke down efficient left hand technique into 3 key parts. My own impression on his contribution to string technique is through his impact on the playing of william primrose and karen tuttles. Demetrius constantine dounis also demetrios, also known as d. These books elucidate douniss principles of violin playing and attempt to cover virtually every conceivable technical aspect of practice and performance. He studied violin privately in vienna with frantisek ondricek and also was a medical student at the university of vienna.
Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Above all, he was a teacher who developed some of the most innovative methods for violin playing of the 20th century. Parts of the violin and bow scroll pegs fingerboard strings bridge tailpiece fholes chin rest neck body stick tip hair frog. Violin 1 alleoro dragonhunter richard meyer 12 10 33 39 51. Dounis, demetrius constantine the artists technique of. Violin 1 alleoro dragonhunter richard meyer 12 10 33 39. Violin 1 alleoro dragonhunter richard meyer 12 10 33 39 51 coda 57 15 22 28 29 34 16 v 24 30 36 40 4 48 17 18 26 32 19 to coda 0 31 35 38 pitm 37 40 46 52 58 41 47 53 4 59 43 49 arco 61 44 50 4 d. We have made it easy for you to find a pdf ebooks without any digging. Dounis there was a great violinist and a teacher whose name was demetrius constantine dounis 18861954. The absolute independence of the fingers in violin playing.
Michael darntonviolin makingsetup even smaller, if necessary. You can also use our category walker to help you to browse or narrow down the list. A treatise on the fundamental principles of violin playing. Book 1, book 2, book 3, book 4, book 5, book 6, book 7, book. The final chapter is an exploration into the cognitive aspects of achieving physical habit change in violin technique. Scores including both original compositions and arrangements in this category have been designated as such via use of the template evln. Dounis 18861954 was born in greece, received a degree in medicine from the university of vienna, had a brief career as a concert violinist, and then returned to greece, where he was a violin professor at the salonika conservatory and wrote many of his pedagogical works. Oceans where feet may fail sheet music for violin, viola. Arney presented to the faculty of the graduate school of the university of texas at arlington in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of music in music education. The dounis collection by demetrius constantine dounis. Gingolds explanation and description, i define the viotti stroke as a stroke rather than a set of bowings. Dounis, demetrius constantine the artists technique of violin playing, op 12 constantine the dounis collection. Finger dexterity and shifting are emphasized in this method.
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Bf16 the dounis collection eleven books of studies for. Violin pedagogy and the physics of the bowed string. Explore early violin pedagogical material, violin tutors, traditional violin instructional material, violin methods and tutors for amateurs and class instrumental instruction. This book is an indepth study of dounis work and his art. G d a e low 1 1 low 2 high 2 3 high 3low 4 4 nut g d a f a e b f a f c g b f c g c g d a c g d a d a e b. Print and download in pdf or midi oceans where feet may fail. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Dec 01, 2005 dounis 18861954 was born in greece, received a degree in medicine from the university of vienna, had a brief career as a concert violinist, and then returned to greece, where he was a violin professor at the salonika conservatory and wrote many of his pedagogical works. Pages in category violin pedagogues the following 101 pages are in this category, out of 101 total. Mimi, professor of violin at indiana universitys jacobs school of music, and director of its strings academy, is world renown for her innovative. May 15, 2005 these books elucidate dounis s principles of violin playing and attempt to cover virtually every conceivable technical aspect of practice and performance. Suppliers of bowed stringed instruments and all related materials to musicians. Mechanics and acoustics of violin bowing freedom, constraints and control in performance erwin schoonderwaldt doctoral thesis stockholm, sweden 2009.
Violin performance engages the physical, the psychological, and the musical abilities of the player. The dounis principles of violin playing open library. Title a new scientific method for obtaining, in the shortest possible time, an absolute mastery of the higher technical difficulties of the left hand and of the bow composer dounis, demetrius constantine. Preparatory studies in thirds and fingered octaves on a scientific basis for violin, dounis violin pedagogics dounis, demetrius constantine on. To conquer the trouble, we now give you the modern technology to obtain guide the dounis collection.
That i mention this option in passing should not be taken that this is commonly doneonly that it may be, for instance, the way to save reaming a peg hole up to the next shaper hole size on an old violin, or on a new one where youve inadvertently reamed too deeply. Jazz violin method book 1 by israeli violinist emil kunin is a 75 page practical course in improvising for the violin. Kreutzer 42 violin studies creative commons attribution. Violin repertoire list, and the progression after that is wohlfahrt book 2kayserdont op. Dounis s the artists technique of violin playing contains many advanced exercises intended for playing at the beginning of practice before scales. Costantakos offers a complete introduction to the work. The absolute independence of the fingers in violin playing on. He was a touring violinist after the graduation in europe and russia, then after world. Preparatory studies in thirds and fingered octaves on a. This book is aimed at musicians who wish to enter the world of jazz music by ear and bypass the complicated rules of jazz rhythm, melody, harmony and styles. Demetrius constantine dounis 18861954 was one of the most prominent violin pedagogues of the twentieth century. Demetrios constantine dounis was a concert violinist, mandolinist, conductor, and medical doctor.
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Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Demetrios constantine dounis was one of the most influential violin pedagogues of the twentieth century. A new scientific method for obtaining, in the shortest possible time, an absolute mastery of the higher technical difficulties of the left hand and of the bow, op. Mimi zweigs fundamental principle of violin teaching, based on natural physical motions nurtured in a nonjudgmental environment, embodies all three of these elements of performance. How to practice violin etudes creating a path through. Along with the first wohlfahrt, i add trott melodious doublstops bk. The dounis principles of violin playing by valborg leland. However he recognized that probably the greatest challenge in left hand technique is not so much putting down an individual note, but in the ease or difficulty in moving from note. Kreutzer 42 violin studies creative commons attribution noncommercialshare alike 3. About etudes, 24 high quality digital sheet music for violin, all books, etudes 124, fingerings included. Answers explained for geometry regent august 20, answers for fcat explorer post test, and many other ebooks. Dounis and natural left hand technique rozannas blog. This understanding of tension and release is fundamental to beautiful violin playing.
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