DT) sheet Music” Laourewx Practical Method for the Violin Part 2 The Positions Violin “methods” generally pass from the first position to the second, from the second to the third,and 0 on in numerical order. ‘To go directly from te fist tothe third position sesms simpler and easier Later the pupilwil find his second position between the first and the third. Moreover, this manner of proceeding will allow us to begin, at the same time, the highly important study of the shifts. To learn the finz2rings of the positionsseoms, at first, to be the difficult point. Yet this is only » matter of memorizing figures. ‘Tako a pun who already knows his positions and give him a fairly rapid slurred pastage going mone position to another. The difficulty which he will encounter in playing it will be precisely in the changes of po- sition which we call “shifts To forestall this difficulty at the outset by numerous exercises in shifting,1s absolutely indispensable It is important, in order to shift easily, that the pupil should hold the palm of the hand well away from the neck of the instrument, and especially avoid resting the hand against the edge of the violin when arriving at the third position. The thumb should not be bent round the bottom of the neck. ‘This would cause a displacement of the position of the hand, and would later render the shift from the third to the fifth position very awkward. Im both the 1 and 84 positions kogp the thumb opposite the first finger position apes, fitpos.#po 5 8 i a ag _Mtpos. pry taht 4 position 18 position pi pseition Le 34 position 18 posjtio 2 position Bepogtlons yg gee Htposition 88 positio position wopoeit 1#position +e Scale of C major in the 84 Position Bt position Preparation aa eas ge poaition aNicolas Laourous — A Praetial Method forthe Violin, Part 2 34 position 34 position Sposition ——3 7 F 34 position 84 position i 8% position CDi 2Nicolas Laoureus’ — Practical Method for the Violin, Part Etude in the 8° Position Grand détaché Moderato 1