Course | Violin | Upgrade your Bow Technique

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Introduction

Lesson 1 Beautiful Basics

Lesson 2 Strictly Straight

Lesson 3 Classy Control

Lesson 4 Bow Flow

Lesson 5 Smooth String Crossings

Lesson 6 Perfect Proportions

Lesson 7 Sensational Sound

Lesson 8 Fantastic Phrases

Lesson 9 Superb Spiccato

Lesson 10 Infinite Improvement

Bonus Lesson - Vivid VIBRATO

Learning goals

• Posture, violin hold, bow hold, way of bowing, and motor skill exercises to make everything fluent and controlled.
• Even advanced students sometimes don’t bow straight, or it’s not fluent. Exercises on straight and fluent bowing.
• Exercises to get more control over the whole bow. 
• Exercises for fluent bowing, silent bow changes, and good resonance from the violin and bow.
• Technique and exercises for controlled, fast, and fluent string crossings.
• Learn how your violin and bow produce sound and how you can influence it.
• Learn how to apply the proportions in music naturally and avoid common mistakes.
• Recognize phrases in music and make musical decisions.
• How to get a spiccato with good sound, fluency, and control.
• Practice strategies on how to keep improving with the techniques from this course and what the next steps are.
• Exercises to train all movements within vibrato (arm, wrist, finger) and get control over your vibrato tempo, so you have a beautiful vibrato you can adjust to the music you play.

Instructor: Zlata Brouwer