This volume imparts knowledge and skills essential for the orchestral violinist, extending on the musician's high school or university education. This advice and training manual is intended to serve as a guide for the full course of a musician's career - from the preparation for an audition to the long-term heavy work load in an orchestra. The volumes cover an abundance of themes, including:

• - Practice techniques
• - Sight-reading
• - Daily practice routine
• - Looking after your body
• - Bow technique and tone production
• - Left hand technique
• - Pizzicato technique and other special techniques
• - Rhythm and ensemble playing
• - Notation and performance practice
• - Preparing of orchestral parts
• - Italian, French and German terms and abbreviations
• - Knowledge of style
• - Development of a core repertoire
• - Preparation for auditions
• - Coping with stage fright
• - Coping with orchestral life
• - Appreciation for the orchestra as a social environment
• - Coping with the long-term physical and mental pressures in an orchestra