Bowing

Everything you need to know to improve your bowing technique, from achieving a smooth, even tone, to mastering the bouncing strokes.

Latest Bowing

In search of sounds: contemporary violin techniques with Sarah Saviet

2023-09-01T09:08:00+01:00

Violinist Sarah Saviet outlines some unique sounds found in her new album of contemporary solo violin works, SPUN

Technique: Violin bow landings with Gina McCormack

2023-08-22T08:31:00+01:00

Violinist Gina McCormack on teaching bow landings in reference to Mozart

More Bowing

The Strad Podcast Episode #57: Augustin Hadelich on Recuerdos and Ricochet

2024-04-04T08:10:00+01:00

Enjoy some ’R&R’: the violinist speaks about his new album, as well as a particularly tricky bowing technique

Spiccato, Sautillé and Staccato

Technique: Cello warm-ups - the bow arm

2022-09-01T07:32:00+01:00

Cellist Mats Lidström discusses how to prepare the whole body for efficient, time-saving repertoire practice

Baroque/Historically Informed

Historically informed performance: Baroque revolution

2022-05-16T07:31:00+01:00

Historically informed performance requires no secret code, argues Baroque violin professor Walter S. Reiter. The information is out there for the taking, and modern music colleges need to get ahead of the game

Speed

Playing Fast: add these above-and-beyond rhythm exercises to your practice routine

2023-05-16T11:59:00+01:00

Changing up rhythm and metre are great ways to get that fast passagework down, writes violinist Susanna Klein

Bow Changes

The anatomy and function of the bow arm: violinist Rachael Ridge

2023-05-16T12:11:00+01:00

Having an awareness and understanding of how the bow arm moves is crucial to achieving a good tone on the violin

Bow hold

9 ways to develop a flexible bow hold

2023-02-16T09:49:00+00:00

Advice for string players on avoiding tension in the bow hand and wrist from The Strad's archive

String crossing

Technique: Smooth string-crossings

2022-07-08T07:56:00+01:00

David Gillham, associate professor of violin at the University of British Colombia and string tutor at Domaine Forget, Quebec, Canada, on how to anticipate and execute string-crossings with maximum fluidity and control

Legato

Our bow is our breath: cellist John-Henry Crawford

2023-06-09T10:46:00+01:00

Understanding the relationship between the bow and the voice is key to creating a singing line, as the cellist discovered while preparing his new album Voice of Rachmaninoff