Practicing Dounis Opus 12 is like yoga for the left hand, and like jumping jacks for the right. It is actually less mentally taxing than Sevcik, and it is just as rewarding to practice using my Moyse chart. I also found a PDF of Dounis'
Violin Player's Daily Dozen on line. The Daily Dozen is from 1925, and the
Artist's Technique of Violin Playing is from 1921. I have been doing a bit of both every day, and I notice a lot of improvement in my playing already, particulary in my legato playing.
I know that Leonard Rose and Channing Robbins used Dounis in their practicing and teaching, so I think that the
Daily Dozen would be extremely valuable for cellists as well as violinists.
Once again, here is the
link to the page with the Dounis PDF (I put this in twice because it deserves at least two looks from every person going to this post).
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