graeme
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graeme replied to the topic Bowing "in the string" v "a very light grip" in the forum Fiddling Techniques and Playing Advice 8 years, 12 months ago
Thanks, Ulla. It was very pleasant to listen to this video, and I know what you mean about Mairead’s bow hold. Very “fiddlerish” here: but, I’ll bet she didn’t do that in her graduate and postgraduate classical violin exams!
In such a performance the sound is so “doctored” by the mixer who had loaded this sound with “suitable reverb” and used…[Read more]
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graeme started the topic Bowing "in the string" v "a very light grip" in the forum Fiddling Techniques and Playing Advice 9 years ago
In a “classical bow hold” the weight of the arm (or some of this weight, as needed), can be applied to the strings through the bowing hand’s index finger. If you don’t extend this finger up the bow and position it to lie across the top of the bow (and then down the side) between the first and second knuckles, then people suggest you’re just…[Read more]
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graeme started the topic Fiddling with flat hair, or on the side? in the forum Fiddling Techniques and Playing Advice 9 years ago
Patrick Clark writes a terse statement several times in which he advises people to fiddle on the flat hair of the bow. Frankie Gavin is asked a question in his workshop video on You Tube about fiddling on the side of the bow hair, and he says he doesn’t know about that. Or words to that effect.
In other (violin) texts writers instruct the reader…[Read more]
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graeme started the topic Fiddling with flat hair, or on the side? in the forum Fiddling Techniques and Playing Advice 9 years ago
Patrick Clark writes a terse statement several times in which he advises people to fiddle on the flat hair of the bow. In a Frankie Gavin is asked a question in his workshop video on You Tube about fiddling on the side of the bow hair, and he says he doesn’t know about that. Or words to that effect.
In other (violin) texts writers instruct the…[Read more]
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graeme started the topic After a new instrument set up? in the forum Fiddle Setup and Repair 9 years ago
I have a new instrument that was set up by a local luthier. Should I expect to have it “looked at” by the luthier after about three months of playing, or is this unnecessary?
I guess all new instruments change (mine has) considerably in the first few months, and is a review of the instrument the best course?
