
Practising with a mirror is extremely useful – for both hands.
However, one must not become too self-obsessed.
When practising with a mirror, try to position yourself so you do not see your own face.
You will gain much in the way of objectivity
Exercises designed specifically to address issues of the right hand (bow hand) in stringed instruments.
Practising with a mirror is extremely useful – for both hands.
However, one must not become too self-obsessed.
When practising with a mirror, try to position yourself so you do not see your own face.
You will gain much in the way of objectivity
Play a slow scale, watching the small part of the string between the bridge and the bow hair.
Each time you draw the bow, you will see the string push to the left (for up bow) or the right (for down bow).
Do your best to maintain this angle in the string as you play, like an archer in perpetual preparation to shoot an arrow. The string will take care of the rest.
The string is the bow; the sound is the arrow.
It may be that you have never seen a string move. It doesn’t do what you think. This video will begin to change the way you think about sound production. Many thanks to whoever made it. And here is another nice explanation.
Play long slow notes with a gradual decrescendo.
The first impulse from the bow starts its energy.
The the motion of the bow afterward defines how its resonance continues.
Skate with the bow: glide powerfully from the strength of the first impulse.