The Russian Violin School: The Legacy of Yuri Yankelevich
- Author: Eiiankelevich, Eiiu I
- Translator: Lankovsky, Masha
At its core, this text sheds considerable light on the pedagogical theories and practices of a prolific educator in the twentieth century Russian Violin School. Violin instructors will find Yankelevich's... — More…
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Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction Yuri Yankelevich and the Russian School of Violin Playing
- Part I
- Chapter 1 Yuri Yankelevich: Setting up the Violin and Bow Hold
- Chapter2 Yuri Yankelevich: Shifting in Conjunction with the Musical Goals of the Violinist
- 1. General perception of the positions. Different systems of dividing the fingerboard
- their conventions and modifications in the evolution of violin playing
- 2. Shifting and the problem of intonation. The aural perception of intervals and the role this plays in developing a sense of distance on the fingerboard
- 3. Particularities of moving the left hand along the fingerboard and changing positions in various parts of the fingerboard - in search of the most efficient techniques
- 4. Relaxed movement as an essential condition for realizing artistic intentions. An analysis of the reasons restricting the movement of the left hand while changing positions
- 5. An optimal setup and developing correct playing movements
- 6. Particularities of descending shifts. Coordination between the principal movements of the left hand while shifting
- 7. General principles of shifting in cantilena and technical passages. The role of objective methodology in analyzing shifting. A classification of shifts
- 8. Details of executing different types of shifts. How different shifting techniques depend on musical context
- 9. Shifts made with the help of an open string or natural harmonic. Shifts using chromatic glissando
- 10. Shifting in double stops: octaves and tenths, thirds and fingered octaves, sixths and fourths
- 11. The interdependence of the left and right hands while shifting. Methods of shifting while changing bows. Shifts and various bow strokes
- Part II
- Chapter 3 Maya Glezarova: Aspects of Yankelevich's Teaching Methods
- Chapter 4 Vladimir Grigorev: Yankelevich's Methodological System
- Appendix A: Selected students and assistants of Yuri Yankelevich
- Appendix B: Methodological writings by Yuri Yankelevich
- Appendix C: Compositions edited by Yuri Yankelevich
- Bibliography