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Bowing

How to practice in a Meeting

by Steve Maus

Have you ever been on a three week holiday on some remote island or in an RV somewhere in the Yukon Territory? Did you leave your violin at home? Well, I did. Big mistake. I mean, leaving the violin behind. At that time I was concertmaster in an orchestra playing for an audience of about [...]

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The Bow Hold Part 2

by Steve Maus

In part 1 we discussed the basic bow hold. In this part we’ll take an in-depth look at the right hand when we perform a down-bow. We start at the frog with our bow hold from part 1. It should look like this: The same from a different angle: As you can see the fourth [...]

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The Bow Hold Part 1

by Steve Maus

Let’s start with the bow hold. First of all it’s very important to understand that there is no perfect bow hold. Everybody has a unique hand and so is the bow hold. But there are some basic rules applicable for everyone that I want to show here. We begin with the preparation. We hold our [...]

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