This classic guide to playing the violin walks the reader through every step from buying and holding a violin to sliding, trills, and other more advanced techniques. With simple instructions, expert tips, and a wealth of useful illustrations and examples, ¿A Practical Guide to Violin-Playing¿ is highly recommended for novice players and absolute beginners. Contents include: ¿Introductory Remarks¿, ¿Choice of Violin-School and Mode of Practising¿, ¿Position of Left Hand and Fingers¿, ¿The Advantages to be Derived from Keeping the Fingers on the Strings¿, ¿Scales: Arpeggios¿, ¿On Puling Strings¿, ¿The Thumb¿, ¿Trill¿, ¿Bowing¿, ¿On Sliding¿Portamentö, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of the violin.