I’ve been playing a modern cello for about 1 1/2 years, and since I mostly play Bach, I am exploring a baroque bow. I also play the violin, but mostly modern music. Glad to hear that the baroque bow hold is similar to violin. A local violin store has a baroque cello bow and will try it out before buying.

Great explanation. I'm eager to try it (waiting for my baroque bow)

Really helpful. Thanks.

Hi Emily! I’m curious as to where you got your Baroque bow? Thanks!

Really good ... thanks .. :)

My baroque bow has a narrower amount of horsehair than my modern bows. I wonder about the reduced surface area having a negative impact on the amount of sound. Does the narrower hair surface have a reason or use? Can you tell us more about your bow and where you got it? How about your instruments?

@emilyplayscello

5 ай бұрын

I think like many things with modern times we added more of everything, so it was probably customary to use less horse hair in the baroque period and we gradually added more (probably had to do with availability of materials as well). My baroque bow is made of African blackwood and made by Christopher English, and my baroque cello is a German instrument built as a modern cello in the 1950's and converted to partial baroque set-up in the 80's by Bill Monacle.

I play a pretty similar bow on the bass viol and am pretty sure that the tip does strictly nothing, you can cut off your tip and your bow wouldn’t know it. What I feel is affecting this bow is it’s archery bow-like curve, outwards. But most of all it is the way we hold it viola da gamba style, if they forced me to play cello I’d still hold it like I do when I play the viol, for me holding the bow like a cello player is debilitating and dynamically limiting.

i've just bought a baroque bow to use on a modern instrument, does a baroque bow change the sound produced on a modern instrument, thanks

@emilyplayscello

7 жыл бұрын

It changes the articulation which I guess could be considered the sound :)

im afraid to do this because the hair of the bow might get broke

Why is..your bow so tightened..?