You could be in a good bow hold for a couple of seconds and then the moment you start to draw the bow across the strings your fingers will curl, your thumb will stiffen, or your pinky will get stuck.…
Set your violin up in playing position, and have a good look at the strings. Before you put any bow to them, look at the 4 strings. From the lowest to the highest, these are the G, D, A and…
Why does one bow stroke sound full and clear, while the next one sounds thin, scratchy, or too loud? The violin’s tone is very responsive to three different factors that work together: bow speed, bow pressure, and contact point. If…
Set the bow on an open D or A string, then play one slow stroke and watch how the bow hair moves. If the bow starts in the middle of the string, between the bridge and the fingerboard, but ends…