Bowing

Everything you need to know to improve your bowing technique, from achieving a smooth, even tone, to mastering the bouncing strokes.

Latest Bowing

In search of sounds: contemporary violin techniques with Sarah Saviet

2023-09-01T09:08:00+01:00

Violinist Sarah Saviet outlines some unique sounds found in her new album of contemporary solo violin works, SPUN

Technique: Violin bow landings with Gina McCormack

2023-08-22T08:31:00+01:00

Violinist Gina McCormack on teaching bow landings in reference to Mozart

More Bowing

Spiccato, Sautillé and Staccato

Technique: Cello warm-ups - the bow arm

2022-09-01T07:32:00+01:00

Cellist Mats Lidström discusses how to prepare the whole body for efficient, time-saving repertoire practice

Speed

Playing Fast: add these above-and-beyond rhythm exercises to your practice routine

2023-05-16T11:59:00+01:00

Changing up rhythm and metre are great ways to get that fast passagework down, writes violinist Susanna Klein

Bow Changes

The anatomy and function of the bow arm: violinist Rachael Ridge

2023-05-16T12:11:00+01:00

Having an awareness and understanding of how the bow arm moves is crucial to achieving a good tone on the violin

Bow hold

9 ways to develop a flexible bow hold

2023-02-16T09:49:00+00:00

Advice for string players on avoiding tension in the bow hand and wrist from The Strad's archive

String crossing

Technique: Smooth string-crossings

2022-07-08T07:56:00+01:00

David Gillham, associate professor of violin at the University of British Colombia and string tutor at Domaine Forget, Quebec, Canada, on how to anticipate and execute string-crossings with maximum fluidity and control

Legato

Our bow is our breath: cellist John-Henry Crawford

2023-06-09T10:46:00+01:00

Understanding the relationship between the bow and the voice is key to creating a singing line, as the cellist discovered while preparing his new album Voice of Rachmaninoff