You can always video your playing to see what your bow is doing

I have a way for the violinist to actually see if his/her bow is straight. I can't post a photo here, but this is the idea: stick a piece of paper on the back of the bridge. Draw 2 lines, which will form an upside-dfown, but flattish V. One is parallel to where the G - A strings meet the bridger, the other parallel to where the E - E strings meet the bridge. The student then makes full-length bow strokes that are parallel to one or the other of those two lines on the D and A strings. The bow strokes will be exactly perpendicular to the strings. A little practice, and then he/she can imagine those lines on the back of the bridge and the transition to straight bow strokes is fairly easy. You can draw lines similarly for the G and E strings, but with practice on the D and A strings, the student might get the hang of it without those lines. Wish I could send a photo - it's really easy as pie.

@JoyRobb-nw6ow

19 күн бұрын

Could you put your idea on your profile page?

@perrythacker2292

18 күн бұрын

@@JoyRobb-nw6ow I've never made a video for KZread. I could email something. Are you a teacher?

@JoyRobb-nw6ow

18 күн бұрын

@@perrythacker2292 I’m not a teacher at all, but I’m a student who’s desperately trying to unlearn a bad habit of bowing not straight. I have a bow-straight device that’s like a rainbow that sits on the violin, but then when I take it off, I still bow incorrectly.

@michaelsproule2508

16 күн бұрын

Can you clarify a bit? Sounds like a great idea! Is the back of the bridge the side closest to the player’s face? What do you mean by where the “G + A , E + E” strings meet the bridge? Maybe you mean G - A and D - E? Is this shallow “V” marked below the strings or above? If below and from contact points of G - A and D - E, is the V overlapping a bit, like an X?

Thanks for this great lesson! I like the close one eye idea! I’ll try it with my students!

Is it a piece of Shostakovich that she is playing? It sounds like it.

Wenn wir eine Klangvorstellung haben, dann werden wir den Klang produzieren können. Später im Orchester ist es wichtig, gesunde Bewegungen zu machen, damit wir auf Dauer keine Schmerzen (in der Schulter zB) kriegen. Es hilft Feldenkrais oder Aleksander Technik.