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Technique: Cello bowing habits

2024-12-06T08:30:00

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Cellist Clara Minhye Kim on setting up sustainable and natural bowing habits

As I was growing up and learning the cello, I found that no matter what I did, I developed bow shake when I played in front of an audience. This went on for quite some time, despite the fact that I sought advice from my teachers and everyone else I could think of asking. Nothing seemed to work for me, which was frustrating because everything made sense and worked well when I was practising or playing on my own, but when I consciously thought that a performance was a big deal, it would always happen…

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