Jackson’s Gymnastics for the Fingers and Wristt

About this eBook

Author

Jackson, Edwin Ward

Title

Jackson's Gymnastics for the Fingers and Wrist being a system of gymnastics, based on anatomical principles, for developing and strengthening the muscles of the hand for musical, mechanical and medical purposes: with thirty-seven diagrams

Original Publication

United Kingdom: N. Trübner & Co.,1864,pubdate 1865.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

MT: Music: Musical instruction and study, Composition

Subject

Hand exercises

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67375

Release Date

February 11, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber’s Notes
2. 2.JACKSON’S GYMNASTICS FOR THE FINGERS AND WRIST,
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON THE ORIGIN OF THIS SYSTEM OF GYMNASTICS FOR THE FINGERS AND WRIST.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. ANATOMY OF THE HAND. ON LIGAMENTS, TENDONS, &c. &c. . — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.CHAPTER II. THE MUSCLES OF THE HAND AND OF THE FINGERS. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER III. EFFECTS OF THIS GYMNASTIC TREATMENT ON THE MUSCLES, LIGAMENTS, AND JOINTS OF THE FINGERS AND THE HAND. [4] — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. NEGLECT HITHERTO OF THE HAND AND FINGERS. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER V. THE FINGER-JOINTS ARE THE LEAST EXERCISED, AND THE WEAKEST.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. THE PRINCIPAL DIFFICULTY DOES NOT CONSIST IN THE READING OF MUSIC, BUT IN THE WEAKNESS OF THE FINGERS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. MUSIC IS THE ART WHICH MAKES THE HIGHEST DEMANDS ON THE MUSCLES OF THE FINGERS. MOVING THE FINGERS UP AND DOWN INSUFFICIENT.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. ARTISTS AND TEACHERS OF MUSIC.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. FREE GYMNASTIC EXERCISES FOR THE FINGERS AND THUMB. — First movement. — Second movement. — Third movement. — Fourth movement.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. FREE GYMNASTIC EXERCISES FOR THE THUMB. — First movement. — Second movement. — Third movement.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. FREE GYMNASTIC EXERCISES FOR THE WRIST. [6] — First movement. — Second movement. — Third movement. — Fourth movement. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. MECHANICAL FINGER-EXERCISES. — First movement. — Second movement.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. MECHANICAL FINGER-EXERCISES (CONTINUED). — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. MECHANICAL FINGER-EXERCISES (CONTINUED).
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. BOARD FOR STRETCHING THE MUSCLES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THE THUMB AND THE LITTLE FINGER.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. ON STRINGED INSTRUMENTS IN PARTICULAR. THE WRIST OF THE RIGHT HAND.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. ( CONTINUED ).
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. CONTINUATION. STACCATO.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. CONCLUDING REMARKS.
25. 25.TESTIMONIALS.

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.