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THE
V1o u1 IN 5THS DEVELOPI\JG I TO . ATI O\J & SOU\JD
BY
Ro o EY fR IEND
BEARES PUBUS Hl :-JG
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1nrroducrion
4
Thc Co rrecr Lefr-Hand and Wr ist Position as secn on Mosc Famous Playcrs
6
Tuning & Warm-Up
12
- Creacing Frecs
14
- Tuning 5,h,- Crcar ing Frccs
15
- Sc.~lesin 5,1u
16
- Arpcggios
17
- Natural Harm onics
17
- Sroppcd No te~
17
- Warm-up Scales
18
- Shifcing to and from Scoppcd 5"" ro Natural H armonics in 5,1,.
20
- Th c lnAucncc of 5,1u
21
Excrciscs & Practiccs
22
- Bach: Chaconnc
23
- Pag:mini: 5,n Capr icc
24
- Br.:cthovcn: Co nccrco I Opcni ng
26
- Bach: G igue in O M inor
28
- Bral1111s: Co ncerro l t" Movemenr
30
- Pag:mini: 24 t h Capricc - Sarasate: Malaguena
I Variarion 9, l.cfr-hand
I Pizzicato Variation
Piuicaro
32 33
- Sibelius: Conce rco I I" Cadenza
34
- Mazare: Sinfon ía Co nccrcanrc
35
- 8 ral1ms: Ad agio 1 3 rd Sonara
36
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St.cvcn Smith: Wh 111is llu : rn1iona lc bcbind your mcthod? Rc>dn cy Frie nd: We play an insmm,enr with four strin gs t1.1 11i:xl in three sets oí Sths, :rncl where throughou l thc en tirc lcnglh oí thc instrumem many hannonics lic in sets of5 ths. Surdy ir is logicn l thn 1our han d and finge.r posítion should autom: llically J~J with thc rcm aining sets of Sth~.
SS : H ow would
you d escribe
SS : 1s p layiug in 5ths th c way to find 1hc n:a11tral lcft-hand position?
RF: Although it ~ccmscump ]jcaLcd to play Stli. , it is acrual ly nor so if you use 1he n:m1ral full of the hnnd. Players who practi