Practice tackles head-on the myriad challenges involved in mastering the violin.

Drawing upon a wide range of judiciously chosen examples from the musical literature, Simon Fischer describes and explains a wealth of practice techniques, often in great physical detail. 

The greatest gift from a teacher to student is the understanding of how to practise productively, and Simon Fischer's systematic yet inspired approach empowers the player to reap maximum benefit from each practice session, while consistently emphasising the purely artistic goals to which all successful practice should be directed. The book is rounded off with some more general insights, including a fascinating section about developing a secure musical memory.

Violinists who treasure Simon Fischer's celebrated Basics volume will eagerly embrace his new release, and will instantly recognise the same peerless command of the subject allied with his engagingly direct style of communication. It is difficult to imagine anyone committed to studying, teaching, or playing the violin who would remain untouched by the wisdom and experience distilled in this astonishingly comprehensive and remarkably accessible publication. All the essential components of violin playing are dissected via the chosen repertoire:

Practice: 250 Step-by-Step Practice Methods for the ViolinPraktische Anleitungen für alle Herausforderungen der Violintechnik. Technische Details werden an vielen Beispielen aus der Violinliteratur anschaulich erklärt. Effektive Übungen, die in kürzester Zeit zum Erfolg führen.

This is a scale book of unprecedented scope. Simon Fischer has developed an entirely new method in which, using the traditional ways of practising scales only as a point of departure, he focuses on numerous often-neglected aspects of the violist’s technique. For every element he has designed exercises that sensitize the ear, stimulate the mind and build the playing apparatus of the violist. The many outstanding features of this book include:

Many well-known Fischer classics are also incorporated, including practice methods for intonation, smooth bowing, string crossing, fast fingers, fourth-finger extensions and placing fingers in blocks. The innovative and wide-ranging material in Scales keeps the player turning the pages, discovering yet more exciting ways to approach scales. The wealth of thought-provoking exercises encourages violists to re-evaluate their practice – developing the playing skills of violists at all levels from intermediate to professional.

Endlich ein Handbuch, das nicht nur sämtliche Tonleitern und Arpeggien über eine, zwei, drei und vier Oktaven und andere Varianten anbietet, sondern auch die notwendigen Methoden und Techniken, diese zu meistern. Ein ebenso originelles wie effektives Lehrwerk, in dem u. a. folgende Themen behandelt werden:

Simon Fischers Basics sind ...Übungen und praktische Anleitungen zur Geigentechnik für den täglichen Einsatz, nicht fürs Bücherregalfür Spieler jeder Leistungsstufe, vom Anfänger bis zum Profiideal für eine fundierte Grundlage bereits im Anfängerunterrichtbestens geeignet, um alle Facetten der Geigentechnik schnell und nachhaltig zu verbessernDie 300 Übungen ...sind meist einfach und kurz und führen rasch zu maximalen Ergebnissenlösen geigerische Probleme oft schon nach ein- und zweimaligem Durchspielenenthalten auch elementare Aufgaben oder Einspielübungen zur regelmäßigen Wiederholungbilden das derzeit ausführlichste und detaillierteste praktische Kompendium zum Geigenspiel.

Basics (German Language Edition)

German Edition of Simon Fischer's popular Violin Studies Book. Basics is a collection of practice methods and exercises, and belongs on the music stand, not on the bookshelf. It can be used by players of all standards, from concert violinists to students. Much of the material is also suitable for teaching elementary players.Each exercise is designed to achieve the maximum possible result in the least possible time. Some are very short and need to be done only once or twice to explore a particular aspect of technique. Others are practice routines or warm-up exercises that can returned to regualarly.

Basics is not a book to play through from cover to cover (though, for easy reference, the exercises are numbered sequentially throughout). Everybody's needs are different, and there is little point in practising anything that does not need to be practised.

The book is invaluable, however, in its presentation of the most effective technical work in a single volume, making it possible to work directly on any aspect of technique that needs attention.

At last a book that provides not only a complete set of scales and arpeggios across two, three and four octaves in many variations, including on a single string – but also the necessary tools to master them. A novel and instructive publication that is destined to set the standard for years to come.

Scales: Scales and Scale Studies for the Violin

Endlich ein Etüdenwerk, das nicht nur sämtliche Tonleitern und Arpeggien über zwei, drei und vier Oktaven, nur auf einer Saite und andere Varianten bietet, sondern auch die notwendigen Hilfsmittel, um sie zu meistern. Ein ebenso originelles wie effektives Lehrwerk, kurz: das Tonleiterbuch für das 21. Jahrhundert.

Practice tackles head-on the myriad challenges involved in mastering the violin.

Drawing upon a wide range of judiciously chosen examples from the musical literature, Simon Fischer describes and explains a wealth of practice techniques, often in great physical detail. 

The greatest gift from a teacher to student is the understanding of how to practise productively, and Simon Fischer's systematic yet inspired approach empowers the player to reap maximum benefit from each practice session, while consistently emphasising the purely artistic goals to which all successful practice should be directed. The book is rounded off with some more general insights, including a fascinating section about developing a secure musical memory.

Violinists who treasure Simon Fischer's celebrated Basics volume will eagerly embrace his new release, and will instantly recognise the same peerless command of the subject allied with his engagingly direct style of communication. It is difficult to imagine anyone committed to studying, teaching, or playing the violin who would remain untouched by the wisdom and experience distilled in this astonishingly comprehensive and remarkably accessible publication. All the essential components of violin playing are dissected via the chosen repertoire:

Practice: 250 Step-by-Step Practice Methods for the ViolinPraktische Anleitungen für alle Herausforderungen der Violintechnik. Technische Details werden an vielen Beispielen aus der Violinliteratur anschaulich erklärt. Effektive Übungen, die in kürzester Zeit zum Erfolg führen.

This is a scale book of unprecedented scope. Simon Fischer has developed an entirely new method in which, using the traditional ways of practising scales only as a point of departure, he focuses on numerous often-neglected aspects of the violist’s technique. For every element he has designed exercises that sensitize the ear, stimulate the mind and build the playing apparatus of the violist. The many outstanding features of this book include:

Many well-known Fischer classics are also incorporated, including practice methods for intonation, smooth bowing, string crossing, fast fingers, fourth-finger extensions and placing fingers in blocks. The innovative and wide-ranging material in Scales keeps the player turning the pages, discovering yet more exciting ways to approach scales. The wealth of thought-provoking exercises encourages violists to re-evaluate their practice – developing the playing skills of violists at all levels from intermediate to professional.

Endlich ein Handbuch, das nicht nur sämtliche Tonleitern und Arpeggien über eine, zwei, drei und vier Oktaven und andere Varianten anbietet, sondern auch die notwendigen Methoden und Techniken, diese zu meistern. Ein ebenso originelles wie effektives Lehrwerk, in dem u. a. folgende Themen behandelt werden:

Simon Fischers Basics sind ...Übungen und praktische Anleitungen zur Geigentechnik für den täglichen Einsatz, nicht fürs Bücherregalfür Spieler jeder Leistungsstufe, vom Anfänger bis zum Profiideal für eine fundierte Grundlage bereits im Anfängerunterrichtbestens geeignet, um alle Facetten der Geigentechnik schnell und nachhaltig zu verbessernDie 300 Übungen ...sind meist einfach und kurz und führen rasch zu maximalen Ergebnissenlösen geigerische Probleme oft schon nach ein- und zweimaligem Durchspielenenthalten auch elementare Aufgaben oder Einspielübungen zur regelmäßigen Wiederholungbilden das derzeit ausführlichste und detaillierteste praktische Kompendium zum Geigenspiel.

Basics (German Language Edition)

German Edition of Simon Fischer's popular Violin Studies Book. Basics is a collection of practice methods and exercises, and belongs on the music stand, not on the bookshelf. It can be used by players of all standards, from concert violinists to students. Much of the material is also suitable for teaching elementary players.Each exercise is designed to achieve the maximum possible result in the least possible time. Some are very short and need to be done only once or twice to explore a particular aspect of technique. Others are practice routines or warm-up exercises that can returned to regualarly.

Basics is not a book to play through from cover to cover (though, for easy reference, the exercises are numbered sequentially throughout). Everybody's needs are different, and there is little point in practising anything that does not need to be practised.

The book is invaluable, however, in its presentation of the most effective technical work in a single volume, making it possible to work directly on any aspect of technique that needs attention.

At last a book that provides not only a complete set of scales and arpeggios across two, three and four octaves in many variations, including on a single string – but also the necessary tools to master them. A novel and instructive publication that is destined to set the standard for years to come.

Scales: Scales and Scale Studies for the Violin

Endlich ein Etüdenwerk, das nicht nur sämtliche Tonleitern und Arpeggien über zwei, drei und vier Oktaven, nur auf einer Saite und andere Varianten bietet, sondern auch die notwendigen Hilfsmittel, um sie zu meistern. Ein ebenso originelles wie effektives Lehrwerk, kurz: das Tonleiterbuch für das 21. Jahrhundert.