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tfo Skill tf Mufuk. 07
6. In holding of your Bow, obferve this Rule :
Jold the Bow betwixt the ends of your Thumb and
"orefinger , an Inch below the Nut , the Thumb,
fid fore Finger retting on the Wood, the ends of
■our fecond and third Fingers (laid upon the Hair,
y which you may poife and, keep up your Bow.
'our Bow being thus fix'd , you rnuft draw it over
ne firing, and then an6ther, in a Rightangle,
bout two or three Inches above the Bridge, making
ach feveral firing yield a clear found without,
torching the other.
7. In the poilure of your left hand obferve this"
:ule, place your Thumb on the back of the Keck *
nd oppofite to your Forefinger, fo that when your
^inge^s are to reft on the feveral Hops or Frets f
our hand may have liberty to move up and down,
. > occalion fhall require ; and in the ftopping ob-
1 srve that when you fet any Finger down, let it
Dt be juft upon the Fret y but clofe t6 it , bearirg*
31 hard down to the end of your Finger 1 and lee
reft there, untill occalion require the moving it y
b id be fure not to lift your Fingers too high , but
[] ^ep them in an even diilance to the Frets , that
> they may pafs more readily from Fret to Fret.
! l 8. In the Rule of true Fingering, where you skip
Fret , there leave a Finger , and when you havs
^ fry Notes which are high Notes, that go lower
ian the Frets, there thofe highell Notes are always
2 opt either with the third or fourth Finger ( by
f! ifting the Fingers lower) if with the third, then
: . le firft and fecond Fingers are ready to flop the
'■to next Notes either afcending or defcending
om it : But if the higheft Note be ftopt with
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