All Bowing articles – Page 2
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Focus‘A complete workout for the bow’ - violist Patricia Pollett’s study of choice
In this extract from 2012, viola professor at the University of Queensland Patricia Pollett shares why Ševčík’s op.2 no.5 allows players to focus on a variety of bowstrokes, and why it’s more difficult than it looks
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Masterclass: Bow techniques for jazz bass
Bassist with the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany, and author of Jazz Bowing Techniques For The Improving Bassist and The Jazz Bass Book. Taken from the June 2009 issue
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How I warm up: violist Maxim Rysanov
The Russian-born viola player gives an insight into his detailed warm-up regimen
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Technique: Cello warm-ups - the bow arm
How to prepare the whole body for efficient, time-saving repertoire practice
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Violinist Tomás Cotik on how to produce clear and controlled ricochet bowing
The violinist demonstrates ricochet technique in a series of videos
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Technique: Playing with expression
Ideas to help you experiment, and to find new sounds and means of expression on your instrument
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String players should bow with individual fingers rather than the whole hand
Awareness of the movement of each right-hand finger is one of the great secrets of bowing, writes Rok Klopčič
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A targeted approach to Ševčík will help you to overcome any problem in the repertoire
When using Ševčík cello studies, it pays to plan your practice carefully, says Tomáš Jamník, Artistic director of the Academy of Chamber Music and the Ševčík Academy, in Prague, Czech Republic
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Technique: Swing bowing
How to inject new rhythmic fluency and flexibility into your playing by working on jazz
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9 tips for flexibility in the right hand
A look in The Strad archive for wisdom regarding the importance of flexibility in the bowing arm, hand and fingers
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Pekka Kuusisto: bowing exercise for Kreutzer 2
The Finnish violinist leads us through a bow exercise for playing Kreutzer’s Etude No 2.
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Ask the Teacher - Grigory Kalinovsky
The New York-based violin pedagogue explains why he advocates Galamian scales and a few sprints for students warming up
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How to play with a flexible bowing arm by cellist Gary Hoffman
The American musician explains how he developed a supple and varied bow arm motion, guided by his ear and musical instinct
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5 tips from Isabelle van Keulen on achieving a relaxed bow hold
The Dutch violinist and violist considers the many processes involved in keeping your bow hold tension-free
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Slow practice should be used only when needed as a learning tool
Are you wasting your time? As musicians we should be doing more to question the standard warm-up and practice regimes, writes violist Paul Neubauer
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Martelé: Essential foundations for a top-quality bow technique
Rictor Noren, violin and viola teacher at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division, and MIT, offers a grounding, exercises and repertoire suggestions to help you work on your martelé stroke
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Movement in the bow hand and wrist, by violin professor Boris Kuschnir
Kuschnir is professor of violin at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna, and University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. Here he explains how to master control of your sound through correct use of the bow
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