New Simon Fischer Book - Tone

October 19, 2012 at 02:54 PM · Tone - Experimenting with proportions on the violin

Sheet music. 100 pages.

Fitzroy Music Press.

This is a book that has waited 300 years to be written! Once you see the simple material it is all so obvious - and the effects of practising it are so striking - that you have to wonder why nobody has written something like this before.

A landmark addition to the literature of the violin, it is designed for all players from near-beginner to concert violinist.

The new control and evenness that comes into the bow arm and tone, after only a short practice of these ultra-simple exercises, is so clear that your entire playing improves immediately. And it gets better and better the more you do.

This astonishingly effective material is the quickest way for less advanced players to become adept at using the bow to real tonal effect.

For professional players it is perfect for keeping their playing at its highest-ever standard, and for taking it ever further