jan 1, 1756 - Giuseppe Tartini

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Traité des Agréments de la Musique
(probably written pre- 1756 but first published in French 1770)

As regards changing position, is itimpossible to give any hard and fast rules. The student should adopt whatever method he finds most confortable in each case, and he should therefore practise the hand shifts in every possible way so that he is prepared for every situation that may arise.

(Fr. tr. P. Denis 1771; Eng. tr., ed. E. R. Jacobi, Celle & New York, 1961)
tr. Jacobi p. 56

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