Violin in 5ths - Rodney Friend [PDF]

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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