SCROLL and V are displaying the length of bow you need to travel when performing long notes — the Whole Bow!
ARC is swinging, just like your flexible Shoulder Arc.
When Bowing Long Notes, Plan Ahead!
Distribute the bow slowly and evenly.
Sustain the tone for the entire duration of the note.
During slow moving bows, weight travels through your bow-arm, and is directed by your bow-hand in order to control all bow-segments.
Everyone remembers Tempi the Turtle’s Class Exercise.
The purpose of the exercise was to give you experience moving in a planned, slow and controlled manner. This is exactly how you draw the bow when performing long duration notes, in a planned, slow and controlled manner.
Now it’s time to practice logical bowing!
Set the metronome to 60 BPM – One Click per second.
Imagine how your bow-arm will need to move in order to control the bow for the duration of a 4-beat, whole-note.
Pick any string and prepare to perform 10 whole-notes. Yes, TEN!
Mastering this 40 second exercise, helps build incredible bow-control.
Get Ready—-Slow and Steady—-1—-2—-3—-4—-
Choose different strings and repeat the exercise again. Now try 30 BPM!
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