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Anchor Fingering on Violin: Understanding Finger Proximity for Better Intonation

Anchor Fingering on Violin: Understanding Finger Proximity for Better Intonation 1146940 STA American String Teacherwww.astaweb.com Feature ANCHOR FINGERING ON VIOLIN: UNdERst ANdING FINGER PROxImIty FOR BEttER INtONA tION By John E. Brawand An anecdote about Albert Einstein demonstrates the vital importance of developing the ability to sing in tune. The famous physicist Albert Einstein routinely practiced violin A premise of Anchor fingering and loved music. Among Einstein’s contributions he made the technique is the persistent famous quote, “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” The anecdote about Einstein development of the ability to occurred at a dinner engagement. Following the dinner at a hear pitches in the mind’s ear well-to-do New York residence, the hostess offered chamber in the process of delivering music for her invited guests to enjoy. One of the younger guests, a gentleman who appeared to be bored, caught the accurate finger placement for notice of Mr. Einstein. “You are fond of Bach?” Mr. Einstein those pitches asked the bored guest. “Well, I don’t know anything about Bach. I’ve never heard any of his music,” was the reply. An aghast Einstein led the young man upstairs to a record player, where he soon asked him to imitate melodies after they listened together http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American String Teacher SAGE

Anchor Fingering on Violin: Understanding Finger Proximity for Better Intonation

Brawand, John E.
American String Teacher , Volume 73 (1): 7 – Feb 1, 2023
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1146940 STA American String Teacherwww.astaweb.com Feature ANCHOR FINGERING ON VIOLIN: UNdERst ANdING FINGER PROxImIty FOR BEttER INtONA tION By John E. Brawand An anecdote about Albert Einstein demonstrates the vital importance of developing the ability to sing in tune. The famous physicist Albert Einstein routinely practiced violin A premise of Anchor fingering and loved music. Among Einstein’s contributions he made the technique is the persistent famous quote, “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” The anecdote about Einstein development of the ability to occurred at a dinner engagement. Following the dinner at a hear pitches in the mind’s ear well-to-do New York residence, the hostess offered chamber in the process of delivering music for her invited guests to enjoy. One of the younger guests, a gentleman who appeared to be bored, caught the accurate finger placement for notice of Mr. Einstein. “You are fond of Bach?” Mr. Einstein those pitches asked the bored guest. “Well, I don’t know anything about Bach. I’ve never heard any of his music,” was the reply. An aghast Einstein led the young man upstairs to a record player, where he soon asked him to imitate melodies after they listened together

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Published: Feb 1, 2023

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    Bell, Joshua
  • The Night I Met Einstein
    Weidman, Jerome
  • Intonation on a String Instrument: Three Systems of Tuning and Temperament
    Whitcomb, Benjamin