Bowing

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

Latest Bowing

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How Bach enhances right-hand dexterity: Violinist Rebeca Nuez Suarez

2023-02-23T09:49:00+00:00

Rebeca Nuez Suarez discusses the contribution the Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin by Bach can make to gaining dexterity and strength in the right hand

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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

Spiccato, Sautillé and Staccato

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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

Baroque​/Historically Informed

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Historically informed performance: Baroque revolution

2022-05-16T07:31:00+01:00

Historically informed performance requires no secret code, argues Baroque violin professor Walter S. Reiter. The information is out there for the taking, and modern music colleges need to get ahead of the game

Speed

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10 tips on maximising tone quality & projection

2022-08-09T23:32:00+01:00

Advice on projecting your best sound from over 130 years of The Strad's archives

Bow Changes

Nils Mönkemeyer  Professor of viola at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, Germany

Two simple exercises for smooth string crossings

2022-02-11T11:00:00+00:00

How to play controlled, smooth and seamless melodic lines

Bow hold

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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

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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

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How to achieve smooth bow changes at the frog

2022-02-10T13:59:00+00:00

Former Juilliard School cello professor Bonnie Hampton answers advises readers on how to encourage smooth bow changes in their students. From 2011.

Ricochet

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The Strad Podcast Episode #57: Augustin Hadelich on Recuerdos and Ricochet

2022-09-08T08:30:00+01:00

Enjoy some ’R&R’: the violinist speaks about his new album, as well as a particularly tricky bowing technique

​Jazz and Non-Classical Styles

Daphna Sadeh-Neu

Technique: Jazz, Indian and Middle Eastern music techniques

2022-12-06T09:42:00+00:00

Double bassist Daphna Sadeh-Neu on teaching techniques for jazz, Indian and Middle Eastern music