| Title:  |
How to play the fiddle |
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Author:  |
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Contributor:  |
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Publisher:  |
Unknown |
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Place of Publication:  |
[Louth, Lincolnshire?] |
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Date of Publication:  |
[1887?] |
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Original Date of Publ:  |
1886 |
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Publication Number:  |
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Number of Pages:  |
xxii, 100, vii p. |
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Binding Style:  |
Paperback |
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Dimensions:  |
7.5 in. |
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Contents:  |
Introductory -- Remarks on the purchase of your violin -- The preservation and repair of fiddles -- General and historical remarks -- Different parts and adjuncts of a violin -- The strings and the method of adjusting them properly -- The bow and bowing -- The method of tuning the violin -- Some rules to be observed in playing -- Double-stops, harmonics, shifts, the shake -- Playing with an accompaniment -- Concluding remarks |
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Notes:  |
This copy is missing its title page (which is why the author and publisher are unknown). Includes an appendix with addtional remarks, and a topical index. |
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Format:  |
Book |
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Subject - Culture:  |
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Subject - Topic:  |
Instrument maintenance and repair |
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Subject - Instrument:  |
Fiddle, Violin |
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Subject - Genre:  |
Instruction book |