Format : Sheet music
SKU: CF.BF128
ISBN 9781491153413. UPC: 680160910915.
Wohlfahrt’s Foundation Studies have long been successful tools forviolinists and violists in mastering the technical difficulties of theirinstruments. Originally conceived for a complete comprehension offirst position on the violin and viola, Richard Hughey presents thisnew edition for cello students. Transcribing these etudes for the cellopresents new challenges for the performer. Particular passages, forexample, require the student to make use of the second and eventhird positions. The fingerings chosen for these passages reflectthese shifting positions in a coherent and logical way. Trainedcomprehensively in both cello and conducting, Hughey shares hiswealth of experience and knowledge in Wohlfahrt’s FoundationStudies for the Violoncello.The violin etudes and exercises of Franz Wohlfahrt havebeen and continue to be used by violin and recently violateachers the world over. Franz was the son of HeinrichWohlfahrt (1797, Kößnitz–1883, Leipzig), a noted pianoteacher who also published many studies for piano thatwere very successful with younger students. Heinrichdeveloped a keen sense for the pedagogical development ofchildren and composed excellent studies accordingly. Withthe education of his sons Robert (1826, Weimar–deathdate unknown) and Franz (1833, Frauenpriesnitz–1884,Leipzig), he passed these pedagogical abilities to the nextgeneration.In the preface to his Violin Studies Opus 45, FranzWohlfahrt wrote:The study of the violin presents certain difficultiesfor beginners which are frequently the cause of a suddendecrease in the pupil’s zeal and ambition, even before he hasmastered the first fundamentals.The blame for this is commonly laid on the teacher,who is called incapable or negligent; losing sight of thefact that the pupil began his studies without the slightestnotion, not merely of the difficulties to be encountered,but also of the regular and diligent effort indispensable forovercoming them.It is important, therefore, to smooth these first severitiesby showing their usefulness and making them agreeable; tothis end my Violin Method was published and the presentexercises have been written, which latter may be consideredas forming a supplement to the former.If practiced carefully and intelligently, they will serve asa solid foundation for the technique of any player ambitiousto become an artist.These studies have been successful tools for violinistsand violists to begin to master the technical difficulties oftheir instruments. Clearly conceived for a more completecomprehension of the use of the first position on the violinand similarly for the viola, presenting these etudes forthe cello presents a new challenge. As ongoing violinistsand violists can use the fourth finger to play the note ofthe next higher open string, this is not possible on thecello. To perform these exercises on the cello, particularlyreaching the “E†on the A-string, requires the studentto make use of the second and even third positions. Thefingerings chosen for these passages reflect the necessityof shifting to these positions. This is of great advantage,as a new set of studies now can be used by the studentto practice shifting to and from those positions and thusincreases technical proficiency in the second and thirdpositions of the cello.
SKU: BT.DHP-1064024-400
ISBN 9789043124621. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Studies can be boring - you usually play them alone and the lack of rhythm and harmony can be dispiriting. This very practical collection contains the best studies written throughout two centuries of violin education. The studies - all in the first position - have been provided with completely new piano accompaniments which give a harmonic and rhythmic helping hand, so that practicing becomes more instructive and more fun. Each edition within this concept features two CDs. For each study there are three tracks on the CDs: a demo version, a play-along version in normal tempo and one in a slower, study tempo. The following technical skills are included in the Selected Studiesprogramme: Book 2: For the right hand: string shifts, staccato, legato, spiccato; For the left hand: position work in the second and third position; position shifts, trills. Study and Play is het ideale concept om je spel op een plezierige en verantwoorde manier te ontwikkelen. Bij elke uitgave onder deze noemer worden een of twee cdâ??s meegeleverd die iets extraâ??s toevoegen aan je studiemethode.Met het tweede deel van Selected Studies ontdek je weer nieuwe studeermogelijkheden in combinatie met een handige pianobegeleiding. Er staan voor elke etude drie tracks op de cdâ??s: een voorbeeldversie, een meespeelversie innormaal tempo en één in oefentempo. Het gaat om uitstekende etudes van bekende vioolpedagogen (onder wie F. Wohlfahrt, H. Sitt en G. Wichtl) uit de afgelopen twee eeuwen. Een veelzijdig boek voor de verdere ontwikkeling van je spel- nu in de eerste drie posities!Die beiden Bände Selected Studies 1 und 2, jeweils erhältlich für Violine und Viola, sind nach dem Konzept Study and Play aufgebaut, das in sinnvoller und vergnüglicher Weise zu einem guten Spiel verhilft. Jedem Buch mit diesem Konzept ist eine CD beigefügt, welche die tägliche Ã?bungsroutine individuell ergänzt. Auf der CD zu Selected Studies bietet das Klavier eine rhythmische und harmonische Unterstützung und sorgt zugleich für einen schönen Klang. Jedes Stück wurde zwei Mal eingespielt: einmal langsam zum Ã?ben und einmal im normalen Tempo. Zusätzlich sind die Klavierbegleitungen im Buch enthalten. Die Etüden stammen alle von anerkannten Spezialisten auf demGebiet des Streicherunterrichts. In ansteigendem Schwierigkeitsgrad lernen Anfänger in Band 1 Techniken in der ersten Lage wie z.B. Detaché, Legato, Portato, Doppelsaiten während die linke Hand sich in Fingerfertigkeit und leichten Doppelgriffen übt. Im zweiten Band trainiert die rechte Hand Lagenwechsel innerhalb der ersten drei Lagen sowie Triller, die rechte Hand übt Saitenwechsel, Staccato, Legato und Spiccato. So trainiert jede Ã?bung eine andere Technik und mit der CD macht das sogar richtig SpaÃ?! Study and Play est le concept idéal pour développer votre jeu dans un environnement plaisant et solidement structuré. Ce second volume de la collection Selected Studies propose des accompagnements de piano qui présentent une nouvelle approche de la pratique instrumentale. Chaque étude est enregistrée dans trois versions : une version intégrale, et deux versions dâ??accompagnement (au tempo normal dâ??abord, au tempo dâ??étude ensuite). Selected Studies 2 rassemble les meilleures études écrites par de grands pédagogues du violon des deux siècles passés tels que Franz Wohlfahrt, Hans Sitt et Georg Wichtl, entre autres. Main droite : changements de cordes,staccato, legato, spiccato. Main gauche : exercices pour le jeu en deuxième et troisième positions, démanchés, trilles. Pubblicati nella collana Study and Play, i metodi Selected Studies racchiudono i migliori studi estratti dalle opere scritte dai più grandi pedagoghi dei due secoli passati quali Franz Wohlfahrt, Hans Sitt, Heinrich Ernst Kayser, e altri. Troverete esercizi per facilitare la tecnica dell'archetto e delle doppie corde. Ciascuna pubblicazione include 2 CD di accompagnamento. Ogni studio è registrato in tre versioni: una integrale (violino piano) e due versioni col solo accompagnamento (una a tempo normale e una col tempo ridotto da studio). Selected Studies 2 : Studi di Franz Wohlfahrt, Hans Sitt, Jacques Féréol Mazas, Charles de Bériot et Georg Wichtl, e altri. Manodestra: cambi di corda, staccato, legato, spiccato. Mano sinistra: esercizi per suonare in seconda e terza posizione, trilli.
SKU: BO.B.3641
These Three Studies for Four-handed Piano were conceived of as a triptych whose unifying principles were to be the first-slow-fast movement order of the classical sonata and a symmetrical arrangement of tonalities with A major occupying the centre (F minor- A major- C minor). The term Studies alludes not so much to the 19th century pedagogical concept of pieces-as-exercises, as to an attempt to extend, investigate and study the possibilities of expression and texture of the piano for four hands.The First Study is generated out of a single rhythmical motif whose development is modified by the intervention of two contrapuntual passages. A certain difficulty of execution arising from the need to cross hands in both sections of the keyboard conforms, in this case, to the traditional definition of study as an exercise focussed on a specific technical problem.The second piece might be defined as a study of expression, being the explicit disposition of an ostinato accompaniment and two superior voices in conversation. I cannot help, listening to this study, being reminded of the texture of the slow Largo of Bach's Concerto for 2 violins and the manifest pathos of the Andante of Prokofiev's 2nd Violin Concerto.The Third Study is an exercise in rhythmical interpenetration in which continual changes of accentuation and metre are combined with passages of a light and mellifluous character.It is a long-standing ambition of mine to supplement this work with three more triptychs and, so, complete a set of twelve studies for four-handed piano.
