Violin Bow Technique – Page 18 – Violin Bow Technique +

Support Your Upper Arm

To develop the pivot string-cross action, use a friendly hand or a music stand to stabilise your upper arm. In the pivot string-cross action there …read more

Pivoting Action

This forearm string cross uses a pivoting action from the elbow. The only movement of the upper arm is a passive balancing movement. Make sure …read more

Example from Seitz Concerto

The pivot string-crossing action is an essential action that is used throughout the repertoire. This excerpt is Bars 87-88 from the 1st movement of… New …read more

Bach Partita Excerpt

Create a musical shape which brings out the changes between the dissonances and the consonances. Notice the change from pivot string crossing actio… New members …read more

Double Stops then Single Notes

This is a practice point for the pivot string-cross passage in Bars 1 to 4. To produce a ringing sound, use as little string-cross action …read more

Path of the Bow Screw

The red sticker shows the path of the bow screw while crossing strings in the Bach Partita. Aim for an oval shape to minimize string-cross …read more

Finger Action on Bow

Notice the flexible bowchange action in the hand and fingers while playing this passage of forearm pivot string crossing. A forearm pivot string-cr… New members …read more

Slurred Groups

Practising with slurs allows us to focus on the rise and fall of the upper arm in passages of whole-arm string crossing. In this passage …read more

String Crossing on Each Pair of Strings

Here the whole arm crosses strings in both a clockwise and anticlockwise direction. On the A and E-strings the string-cross action moves in a clockwis… …read more