1. Intonation
Introduction
Secret 1: How to Play in Tune
Secret 2: Finger Patterns
Secret 3: Fingerboard Mapping
Secret 4: No Fixing
Secret 5: Ševcík's Paradox
Secret 6: Which Intonation?
Secret 7: Using Overtones
Secret 8: Using a Tuner
Secret 9: Tuning Fifths
Secret 10: Tuning Octaves

2. The Left Hand
Introduction
Secret 11: Don’t Slap the Puppy
Secret 12: Maximum Velocity 1 (Take it easy)
Secret 13: Maximum Velocity 2 (Bursts)
Secret 14: The Right Fingerings by Pattern
Secret 15: The Right Fingerings by Color
Secret 16: Clear False Harmonics
Secret 17: Extensions
Secret 18: Small Hand Technique
Secret 19: Coordinating the Bow and Fingers

3. Shifting and Playing High
Introduction
Secret 23: Zen and the Art of Shifting
Secret 24: The Right Shift
Secret 25: Shifting to High Positions
Secret 26: Using the Bow to Help Shifting
Secret 27: The Best Shift May Be No Shift

4. Vibrato
Introduction
Secret 28: Know Your Vibrato
Secret 29: Get Control of Your Vibrato
Secret 30: Achieving Continuous Vibrato
Secret 31: Vibrato Tricks for the Fourth Finger
Secret 32: Electroshock
Vibrato
Secret 33: Shimmer Vibrato
Secret 34: Vibrato Sculpture

5. Tone and the Bow
Introduction
Secret 35: Know Your Bow Hold
Secret 36: The Bow as a Lever
Secret 37: Default Setting
Secret 38: Gravity is Your Friend
Secret 39: The Culprits
Secret 40: The Formula for Your Optimum Sound
Secret 41: Playing into the Curve
Secret 42: How to Make your Bow Longer
Secret 43: Pop & Float
Secret 44: Mastering Spiccato
Secret 45: Sizzling Sautillé
Secret 46: Flying Bow Strokes
Secret 47: Fabulous Flautando
Secret 48: Tremolo
Secret 49: Using the Left Hand to Improve Tone
Secret 50: The Law of Inertia
Secret 51: Don’t be a Slave to Your Bow

6. Practice Strategies
Introduction
Secret 52: Now Practice
Secret 53: Practice Concentrate
Secret 54: Never Pay Rent Again
Secret 55: Divide and Conquer
Secret 56: Skeletons
Secret 57: When Slow Practice Isn’t Enough Part 1. AddaNote
Secret 58: When Slow Practice Isn’t Enough Part 2. Looping
Secret 59: When Slow Practice Isn’t Enough Part 3. Burst Practice
Secret 60: When Slow Practice Isn’t Enough Part 4. Rhythms
Secret 61: When Slow Practice Isn’t Enough Part 5. Notching
Secret 62: Improving Your Technique in Just 15 Minutes a Day
Secret 63: Using Etudes to Prepare Repertoire
Secret 64: Journaling
Secret 65: Building Your Practice Haven
Secret 66: Team Practice
Secret 67: Your Best Friend, the Metronome

7. Artistry Strategies
Introduction
Secret 68: Start from the Music
Secret 69: Learning Polyphonic Bach
Secret 70: It’s All Opera
Secret 71: Playing Powerful Chords
Secret 72: Masterful Passagework through Lyrical Preparation
Secret 73: Shaping the Phrase in Fast Detaché
Secret 74: The Climax
Secret 75: Cultivating Your Unique Voice
Secret 76: Choosing the Right Edition

8. Performance Strategies
Introduction
Secret 77: Stage Makeup
Secret 78: Practice Performing
Secret 79: Firewalls
Secret 80: Overcoming Stage Fright
Secret 81: Connecting with the Audience
9. Chamber Music Strategies

Introduction
Secret 82: Groups Who Play Together Stay Together
Secret 83: Successful Rehearsals When No One is in Charge
Secret 84: Playing Blind
Secret 85: Keeping the Score
Secret 86: No Barriers

10. Orchestra Strategies
Introduction
Secret 87: Sharing a Part
Secret 88: Being a Team Player
Secret 89: Sitting Principal
Secret 90: Preparing Orchestra Music
Secret 91: Faking
Secret 92: Building Your Orchestral Library
Secret 93: Mastering Audition Excerpts
Secret 94: Playing the Auditions Game

Bonus
Secret 95: Mirroring

Further Reading