Introduction to Planning & Practice
All practice needs to be planned. This includes planning when to practise…
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Dotted Rhythms and Groups of Four
In the practice breaks, analyse your performance of the notes you just…
Combined Bowings with Practice Breaks
Use a metronome to practise with different groupings, as shown here. This…
Practice Breaks in Bach Partita
Aim to move smoothly to the new string during the practice break.…
Collé in Bach E Major Prelude
Bowings like collé, which start with beginning clicks, are good for practising…
Martelé on Kreutzer No.7
In this excerpt from Kreutzer’s “Study No.7” Fintan uses practice breaks and…
Spiccato with Three Bows per Note
Firstly, Fintan plays with three bows per note, to get the spiccato…
Bow Out the Rhythm of Long Notes
‘Bowing out’ the subdivisions can be helpful to improve rhythm for both…
Legato & Staccato
Play a passage on just the open strings to check that you…
Pulsing during Sustained Bow
Practise letting the bowhair sink into the string in all parts of…
Pulsing in Kreutzer No 5
Use this practice technique to improve: This is the opening of Kreutzer’s…
Wandering Through the Bow in Kreutzer No.5
‘Wandering through the bow’ is excellent practice for using all the different…
Lift & Place at Heel & Point
Focus on the bow control in the air and a soft enough…
Lift & Place at Heel, Middle & Point
The pattern of notes is three at heel, four in middle, and…
Introduction to Bow Planning
It is good to focus on each variable in turn. Planning bow…
Bow Planning in Bach A Minor Concerto
Planning bow division is another way of practicing tone production since it…
Excerpt from Ševčík Variation No 12
Practice releasing the first finger by tapping it on the bow while…
Gigue-Style Bowing
To practise this bowing separate the variables and work on one at…