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[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC CORRECTING THE RIGHT HAND BOW POSITION FOR THE STUDENT VIOLINIST AND VIOLIST By Matson Alan Topper A Treatise submitted to the School of Music In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2002 Copyright © 2002 Matson Alan Topper All rights Reserved To The Memory of My Teacher Tadeusz Wroñski iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It was Tadeusz desire of writing about the bow and its significance in successful violin playing followed. Today, I wish to thank professor of correct violin playing. I was privileged to see him at his home in Poland (1999) and discuss my subject. We both celebrated the “pupil returning to the master,” which occurred a few months before Professor Wroñski passed away. Grateful acknowledgement is extended to Eliot Chapo, my advisor and violin professor during the doctoral work at the Florida State University; colleague, concert artist, and friend, for both his musical critiques and expertise provided during our interview sessions which have found a substantial content in this subject. My indebtedness is extended to Professor Phillip Spurgeon for his courtesy and support. His detailed reading of my final draft, kindly comments, and final corrections have led to the completion of my method for correcting the bow hold. I will always gratefully remember his persistence and steadfast concern on all practical matters. Thanks to my committee member, Professor Lubomir Georgiev, for his interest and his artistic input to the subject. A special gratitude I bestow to Professor Ladislav Kubik for his kindness and support in serving as my external committee member and evaluating my work with generous encouragement. I gratefully acknowledge Ms. Jennifer Betts for her editorial expertise as well as rendering the final draft of my text into a coherent document. Thanks to my talented iv student Davina Loskot for her assistance with the music examples. To those who have supported knowingly or otherwise, and to the friendly people and my colleagues at Valdosta State University, I wish to express my grateful appreciation. Finally I could not have succeeded today without my parents, Dr. Robert C. Topper and Marguerite Topper. Their love and generosity motivated me in long lasting schooling and provided a consoling serenity. My deepest gratitude to Dr. Alicja Irena Usarek, my dear wife and my colleague; I thank you for her faith and invaluable counsel manifested purely as a labor of both professional interest and love. I was fortunate to benefit from her knowledge and scholarly enthusiasm, and above all her dedication to our lives together. Thanks to all friends and family without whom this project would have been certainly a less joyful venture. Valdosta, 30 October 2002 v TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Examples……………………………………………………...viii Abstract……………………………………………………………….x 1. INTRUDUCTION: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE…….…………………. 1 a) Statement of Problem b) Basic Elements and Specific Elements of a Correct Bow Hold c) Problems d) Description of Method 2. RIGHT HAND BOW POSITION………………………………………….. 12 a) The Bow b) Right Hand Development c) Position of the Right Hand d) Placement of the Fingers e) Arm Weight f) Bow Tilt 3. METHOD…………………………………………………………………... 42 a) Aspects of the Hold b) Diverse Procedures c) Basic Exercises d) The Etudes e) Description of the Etudes f) Completion of the Method vi [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] |