final-educators-stand    final-music-lovers-stand

BOWING WORLDS105

You deserve to be very proud of your progress. 
Continue to polish your bowing skills and performance consistency.

Default 2

Performing the bowing exercises and passing the Checkpoints are only part of your Quest for String Playing Mastery.  Focused practice yields results!

Default 4

Please take a moment and review the objectives displayed on the Quest poster. Remember that you are the one who is in charge of your own progress.

Dedicated focused practice, brings greater success. Remember to have fun while working hard.

Playing a musical instrument is an art. The bowed strings are known for their keen ability to simulate the human voice.

Find your own string voice, and practice to make it sing beautifully and expressively.

Since you are much more experienced with the bow, this is a good time to revisit the idea of performing music as Painting with Sound.  Be a music artist!

Once you complete Mastery Checkpoint Three, you will learn how to create different pitches on all strings. Open string bowing practice prepares you to be an accomplished string player. Bow mastery is what makes the Strings Sing!

After the Checkpoint, please note Scroll has prepared and provided for reference, a list of bow strokes you probably will encounter in your bowing adventures.

Always improve your bowing virtuosity. Enjoy Mastery Checkpoint Three.

Default 13
Default 14
Default 1
Introducing the Bow     Parts of the Bow     The Stick     Horse-Hair     The Tip     The Frog     The Winding     How the Bow Works 
 
 Rosin     Preparing to Hold the Bow     Stick Training Exercises     Bowing Terminology     Down-Bow     Up-Bow     

Bow-Hand Set-Up    Finger Tasks and Functions     The Thumb     Meet ARC     Finger Segments     The Index-Finger   
 
Bow-Hand Pronation      The Center-Finger and Ring-Finger     Bow-Hand Fulcrum     Ring-Finger Propulsion     Bass Bows 
 
 Pinky Bow-Tasks     ‘Casting’ the Bow-Hand    Bow-Wrist Tasks    Rotational Inertia    Arco    Clay Smile Exercise    Meet ANGLE 

The Bow-Arm Box     The Shoulder Arc     Bow Contact-Point     String Lanes     Bow-Segment Mastery     Bowing Exercises 

Finding the Bow Contact-Point     “Painting With Sound”     Bowing Exercises Menu     Bow Taps     Bowing Traditions 

Perform Down-Bows     Perform Up-Bows     The Art of the Bow-Change     Articulations     Staccato     Legato 

Mastery Checkpoint One     Building Bow Control     Bow Speed and Bow-Arm Motion     Bow Planning and Distribution

Slow Moving Bow Strokes     Individual Bow Segments     Traveling the Bow     Bowing Dynamics     Mastery Checkpoint Two 

Advanced Techniques     Slurs and Articulations     Slur Training     Locating the Bow’s Balance Point     Ricochet and Spiccato 

Exploring Ricochet     Ricochet Control     Spiccato Training     Spiccato Control     Spiccato Brush Strokes 

Multiple String Crossings     Virtuosic Bow Strokes     Arpeggio Bowing     “Flying” Staccato     Mastery Checkpoint Three 

SCROLL’s List of Bow Strokes