Thanks.

Bow grip. So many different ways to achieve a great sound. Your tutorial is great for those struggling with proper bow grip. To help those who ask for help. I recommend that they practice the grip with a pen. How to take it in and out of one’s hand/finger to develop muscle memory. The pen should be so light in one’s grip that it should almost fall out.once the bow is light in one’s grip. Then it truly becomes a paintbrush for coloring and texturing one’s playing. The grip you show will also allow the player to eventually learn how to control the amount of hair contacting the strings to, again, texture and colour the sound the player wants to achieve.

It took me a long time to realize my knuckles too high was caused by not relaxing while playing. It became worse on performances, and I see this also by other violinists! It's a tension-problem, imo. Now I try to relax my hand while playing, also during performances, and it also helps me with anxiety, it makes me feel more secure also! It was a real break-through. Too bad it took me very long to discover it by myself, so great for a lot of violinists with te same problem that you made this video! And it confirms me also with my own discoveries :) Thanks!

@erictheviolinist

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Irene, this was a problem I noticed recently in my violin students and thought it would be good to address it on the channel. Thanks for watching and being a part of this community!

Thank you!

@erictheviolinist

6 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Hope this helps :)

Very helpfull 👊

@erictheviolinist

8 ай бұрын

Let me know if it works!

Thanks a lot!!! Im 34 yo, and I just had my first violin lesson. Your video helps a lot

@erictheviolinist

6 ай бұрын

You’re welcome and good luck!

Thanks a lot Eric,this helped me to get rid of shaky bow

@erictheviolinist

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, glad it helped! 👍🏻

Good advice! I noticed that I was having some right hand pain when playing more intense music and it ended up being that my bow hold was slightly off. Made a huge difference though when I adjusted it so it's really important to get that hold correct. I would add to maybe try checking yourself in a mirror or through a camera in case it isn't obvious what you need to look. My favorite exercise to loosen up my hand is the "jellyfish", opening and closing my hand as smoothly as I can like how a jellyfish moves

@erictheviolinist

2 жыл бұрын

The jellyfish example is a keeper! I compare it to holding a pen. When you squeeze your pen, your writing gets agitated. However, when you relax your fingers with the right pen, then your hand writing can be tidied up. Thanks for always watching and commenting on the videos! I hope we can schedule a zoom call some time.

@Lucerious92

2 жыл бұрын

@@erictheviolinist Oh I like that pen example! I’ll try that out if the jellyfish one doesn’t land. Of course! I like watching violin videos, to compare notes so to speak. There’s always more to learn. That’d be awesome!

Eric, I use a "pinkie grip," which is positioned at the end of the stick. I feel that gives me some stability. Is that a bad "crutch?"

@erictheviolinist

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think so. As long as you’re not pressing down enough to make the pinkie straight, then you’re good 😊 Thanks for watching!

@karenlynch6686

Жыл бұрын

@@erictheviolinist Thank you!

@erictheviolinist

Жыл бұрын

@@karenlynch6686 You're welcome