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rethebeauti
fulsound,t
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tryand
expres
sion.Thinkaboutit…itmattersmoreHOW youplayt
hanWHATy ouplay…
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on,bowingtec
hniqueandmus i
cal
it
yandthat
’sexac
tlywhatIam
goingtoteachy ouabouttoday.

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sioninyourpl
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echniqueandtoneproduct
ion.

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nteacherspeci
ali
zedinbowingtec
hnique
andtonec reati
on.It eachstudentsworldwidetogetaprofessi
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ound… step
bystep.Iam thec reatorofViol
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bestski
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1.
MastertheBasicsofBowi ng
2.
Creat
eaBeaut ifulTone
3.
Unveilt
heSpiccat oSecr
ets
4.
Bow l
ikeapro
5.
ChooseaGoodVi oli
nBow
Thefirsttopi
cIwoul dli
ket otalkaboutismasteringthebasi
csofbowi ng.Al otof
peoplet hi
nkthattheyhav ealreadymasteredthebas ic
s.Inmyopi ni
on,y ouc an
al
way sr ef
ineandimprov ethebas i
cs,whic
hwi llhaveadirec
teffectony ours ound
andy ourbowi nginmoreadv anc edpiec
es.Lotsofplayersst
rugglewithadv anced
st
uff,whi l
etheiract
ualproblem isinthebasic
s.

Ital
lstartswi t
haf l
exi
blebowhol d.That’snotarigidhold,butitisadescri
pti
onof
thewayy ous houl
dmov ey ourf i
nger sal
ongwitht hebowmot ion.Thi
scanlook
verydiff
er entforever
ypl ayer.Perhapsyouhav eal r
eadynoticedthatlooki
ngat
yourfavor it
eperformers.Wheny ouar enotusingaf lex
ibl
ebowhol dandyouar e
mov i
ngt hebowwi t
har i
gi dhold,y ouwillf
indthaty ouarestoppingtheresonance
ofthev i
olin.Youarechoc kingands t
oppingthesound.

I
nsteadofthis,youwanttomak esureyourbowholdchangeswhil
eplayingand
youaremai nlybowingwithsubt
lemovement si
nyourwris
tandyourfingers
i
nsteadoflargermov ementswit
hyourarm.Remembert orel
axyourarm andhave
aheavyfeeli
ngi nyourri
ghtarm.Yourhandleadsandyourar
mf ol
lows.

Donotholdy ourbowandv i
oli
nt oohigh,becauseitwillr
esulti
natens edsound
anditwil
lti
reyouout.Iti
simpor t
antnott ohaveas houlderres
tthatistoohigh.
Ins
tead,useahigherchi
nres
tifyouf eelyouneedt ofi
llupmor espace.The
rel
axati
onandbalanceinyourvioli
nhol discr
ucialf
ory oursound.
Thes ec
ondt hi
ngIwantt otal
kaboutishowt oc r
eateabeaut ifultone.Toachieve
this
,iti
sv er
yimpor t
antt obows moothlyandtohav ether i
ghtmov ementiny our
arm,wr i
standfingersaswehav eal
readytal
kedabout .Thef i
rstsecretofcreati
ng
abeautifult
oneisthaty ouhav etomakeanei ghtwit
hy ourelbowwhi leplayi
ng.In
downbowy ouar ealreadymak earoundmot ionwithy ourelbowandy oupr epare
fortheupbow.Thi swayy ouaremak i
ngthemot ionofanei ghtwhi chgivesthe
i
llusi
onofas eamlessbowc hange.

Thes econds ecrettoc reati

ngabeaut ifult
onei sf
indi ngthebalanc ebetweens peed
andwei ght.Iti
sofk eyi mpor t
ancenotus epr essure,butt outi
liz
et heweightof
yourar mi ny ourpl ayi
ng.Ther eisabi gdifferencebet weenweightandpr es s
ure.
Wheny ouar eus i
ngwei ght,y ouar erelaxi
ngy ourarm andus i
ngt heweightofy our
armt oc reateadeeps oundi nt hes t
ring.Wheny ouar eusingpressure,youar e
choc ki
ngandmut i
ngt hes ound.Y ouc anrec ognizes omeonewhoi susi
ngpr essure
byt hewayt heyhol dthei rar m.Whent heyhol ditver yhightheyar eli
kelyusing
pres s
ureandpus hingi ntothes tr
ingwi thforc eandmus cl
epower .Whent heirarm
i
sr elaxedandt heirbowi ngl ooksef f
or t
les
s,t heyarepr obabl
yus i
ngwei ght.The
biggestdi f
ferenc eisint hef eeli
ngy ouhav eandi nt hes oundy oumak e.

Thec ombi nat

ionofbows peedandwei ghtdet erminest hes oundy ouc r
eate.By
speedIdonotmeant hetempoi nwhi c
hy oupl ayapiec e,butt hes peedofy our
bows troke.Wheny ouarebowi ngtooqui ckly,itcr
eatesas uper fi
ci
alsound.T o
avoidt his,youwantt omat chthes peedt othewei ghty ouputi ntothebow.Mos t
player swillhavetos l
owdownt heirbows peedt ocreateaf ullanddeeps ound.
Wheny ougets omedi sci
pli
neiny ourrightar my ourpl ayingget swaymor e
expr essiv
e!Playaroundwi t
hthes etwof actorsandmat cht hepr oportionstothe
piecey ouar eplayingandt hesoundy ouwantt ocreate.Ther ei snor i
ghtand
wr ong.Whatmat tersisthecons c
iousus eoft hemeansofex pressi
on.
Thenex tthingIwoul dl i
ket otalktoy ouabouti sthes piccatos ecrets.Wher emos t
peoplegowr ongwi ths piccato,whi chmak esi tsoundunc ont r
ol l
edand
unprofessional,isthatt heyar ealmos tthrowingt hebowont hes tri
ngswi tht heir
arm orev enthei rshoul der.Avoidt hisbyholdi ngy ourbowj us tabovet hestrings
andonl yus eyourwr istandf i
nger stoputi tont hes t
ri
ngs .Topr actic
et his
,y ouc an
doav erys lows pic
c ato,whi chiscalledaputdowns piccato.Itisoneofmany
spi
ccatoex ercisesIt eachmyBowl i
keaPr os tudent s.Afterpr acti
cingt hi
sinal ow
tempo,y ouc ans peedi tupunt i
lyouhav eav er ycl
eanandneats piccatothaty ou
canadjus ttothes oundc olorsyouwantt oc reateandt hepi ecey oupl ay.You
shouldnotus ethes ames ortofs piccatoevery wher e.

Anotherc ommonmi st akei sthatpeopl ebounc etoohighint hes pi

c cat
o.Thi s
creat
esas ortofV- s
hapei ns t
eadoft heU- shapey ouwant .Youhearas mal lsound
orjustas cratch.Alsoy ouwi l
llosec ont rolofthebowandy ouwi l
lnotbeabl etodo
thespiccator egular
lyi nt hes peedy ouc hoose.Whaty ouwantt odoi stost ayclos
e
tothes t
ringandmi nimi zethet i
mey ourbowi sintheair.Findabal ancebet ween
whaty oudoandt henat uralbounc eoft hebow.F eelhowt hebowr eactst
ot he
acti
oni nyourf ingers.I ntheends picc atomus tsoundl i
keal i
ttlebows trokewi th
airbetweent henot es .Its houldnots oundl i
kepi z
zic
ato,buti tshouldhav ea
healt
hyf ullsoundwi thr esonanc e.Yous houldbeabl etonotonl yc ontrolt
hes peed
ofyours piccato,butal sot hehei ghtandadj ustitt
othepi ecey oupl ay.
Thenextt
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dli
ketos har
ewithyouthedi
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pic
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oundandat ypi
calprof
ess
ionals
ound.

Amat eurmi stakenr1:Shoot ingyourbol t

Youk nowy ou’
rec reati
nganamat eursoundwheny ouar es hooti
ngy ourbolt
.What
Imeanbyt hatisthatyoubowt ooquickly
,usetoomuc hbowandgetas uperf
ici
al
unc ontrolledsoundwi thoutdepthandc haract
er.Aprofessionalbowsv ery
carefull
y ,knowsex actl
ytherightspeedandwei ghttouseandc olor
st hesoundcon-
stantl
ywi t
hhi sorherf i
ngert
ips.Remember :yourhandl eadsandy ourarmf oll
ows!
Aneatt r ic
kt ogett hisdeepsoundi stoimaginethatthebac ksi
deofy ourviol
inis
resonating,andy ouwantt oreachthebac ks
ideofthevioli
n.

Amat eurmi stakenr2:Nor egulars ound( bellybowi ng)andnoc ontrol

Toc reateapr ofessionals ound,youwantt omak esurey ouc leanupy ourbowi ng.
Dot hatonanopens tri
ngandr eall
yl i
stenifyouhear‘ others tuff’goingont hatis
nots erv ingthemus icyouwantt omak e.Anex amplei s“bellybowi ng”.Thisiswhen
peopl et rytos moot hent heirbowc hangesbyl if
ti
ngt heirbowatt hef rogandt i
p,
whichr es ul
tsinadi storteds ound.Thebows t
rokes oundsl ouderi nthemi ddleand
witht hisi ti
sreal l
ydiffi
cul tt
omak emus i
calphrases.Itisli
keev erybows t
rokei sa
phras e,whi chs oundsr es tl
essandl acksmeani ng.Youwanty ourdy nami cs
determi nedbyt hemus icandnotbyeac hbows troke.Wheny oubowl ik
ea
profes sionalyouar eablet oc r
eatephr asesandmus icalsentenc esus i
ngt hev arious
aspec tsofbowi ng.Doy ouhav eirregularit
iesinyourbowi ng?T rytof indoutwhat
youdounc onsciouslybymak i
nglongbows t
rokesonopens trings.Ist herereal l
ya
goodqual it
yregulart onewi thoptimalr esonancef r
om y ourv i
olin?Orc any ouc lean
ups omet hi
ngtomak espac eforrealmus i
calexpression?
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