Playing the Positions

Awareness of the importance of knowing the positions is the reason for this method. In this book you will have to cope with many more than single-note passages. Two, three and four-note combinations occur frequently and will test not only your skill, but your tenacity as well. No doubt, during the course of these studies you will observe that much of the work would be easier and simpler to execute in the first or another position than suggested, but this is the reason for this method. Practice these studies as suggested, the strings, the fingerings and the positions with intensity and enthusiasm, therein lies the difference between success or failure.