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Applebaum Exercises-2
Applebaum Exercises-2
Applebaum Exercises-2
9 Exercises to
Transform your Technique
by Samuel Applebaum
PREFACE
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Illustration I
E A D G G D A E EA D G
1 2 3
4 4 3 2
1 2 3 4
Illustration II
8va-
8va ---- 8ra-
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Illustration III
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After you have reached the point where you can nd most of
thesenotes with the fourth nger, try to nd them by htting
squarely on the note with the third nger. This exercise can be
practiced on all strings.
Exercise No. 6. Play a two octave scale on one string,
ascending with the rst and second nger: one-two, one-two, etc.
Descending, it will be 2-1, 2-1. Now do the same thing
ascending : open, I, 2, 3-2, 3-2, 3, etc.
On the way down, it will be 3-2, 3-2, etc. Now do the same
thing: open, I, 2, 3, 4-3, 4-3, 4, etc. On the way down it will be
4, 3-4, 3-4, 3. Practice this on all strings in various bowings an
in various rhythms (Illustration IV).
Illustration IV
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2
2
1
3
2
23
1 2
2
1
32 3
2 2
23
1
22 3 2 3
2
2
1
3
2
2
I
3
2
2 3
2
2
1
2 1
0 2 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3
2 3 4
1 2
Illustration V
on the G string 4
4
2 2 3 4 4
3 3 3 3
3 3
2 3
Illustration VI
Variants
(a), (c) (d) (e)
I Position
1 (2) (3)
2
A 3 3
II Position
III Position
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