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In this video from D’Addario Orchestral, double bassist Gabriele Ragghianti, who teaches at the Royal College of Music and the Luigi Boccherini Institute of Music, explains how to perfect an Italian bass bow hold.
Ragghianti plays D’Addario Kaplan strings - click here for more information
From the awkward grips of the past to the relaxed approach of today, the bow hold has come a long way. Globalisation has a lot to do with it, argues John Krakenberger in this feature from February 2003
How does the positioning of fingers on the bow affect sound and flexibility? Rok Klopčič examines the bow holds of leading violinists and pedagogues in this extract from October 2007
The position of the fingers on the bow can make all the difference to dynamics and tone production. Rok Klopčič examines the bow holds of leading violinists and pedagogues, in this feature from October 2007
The Sarabande from Bach’s Cello Suite no.6 is the latest single to be released from the cellist’s upcoming album
Bernsted performs a solo work that she describes as having ‘complexity like a kaleidoscope’
Check out a string chamber version of Vaughan Williams’s beloved work for violin
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