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Great blog Buri .... as usual!!
'The simplest way to correct bad intonation' .... I also give my vote to Drew's gold-mine find of repetition hits. The original thing for me there was the 'hit' of the bow coinciding with the 'hit' of the finger which has opened up huge vistas in my own teaching and playing!

I also think Ricci's 'glissando approach' is interesting, I quote

"To train the ear to the requisite degree, we must first learn the art of practising scales with one finger ... which forces one to use the ear in order to know where to stop the finger, putting down the next finger bypasses the ear. We learn the spaces by going from one note to the next with the same finger, forcing one to use non-stop concentration and a cautious approach"

Any comments re the Ricci technique?

My teacher hit this point (Myth Two) a couple of months ago in my lesson and it was revelatory.

I don't know if it has improved my intonation yet, but it has really changed the way I think about it. I'm more aware now of intonation issues and more able to think about them constructively. And it's something that I'm already trying to pass along to my daughter (who shows signs of being a wiggler too).

Teresa, There are two basic ways we change pitch. One is shifting and the other is placing down another finger. Ricci's recommendations address the first and Secvik, Gerle and other finger pattern based techniques teach us to play exactly in tune by forming correct postures and trajectories for the fingers.

One finger scales are indispensable as are finger pattern formation exercises.