Thursday 6 November 2014

Pick Up the Correct Techniques of Bow Placement for Playing a Violin

The violin is the most prominent musical instrument in the family of the stringed instruments. It has four strings that are tuned a fifth apart. The violin happens to be the smallest member of the family of stringed instruments but its music is the most pleasing one. As such, it has gained great heights in the genre of music and more and more number of enthusiasts is enrolling themselves for violin lessons. If you are looking for quality violin lessons in Singapore at affordable prices, Stradivari Strings can offer you with the same.

The instrument is played using the right hand for drawing the bow at exact right angles against one of the strings, just near the bridge, making the string to vibrate. The left hand is used to control the pitch by choosing the string that the bow comes in contact with and regulating the sound length of the string by pressing the string down to the fingerboard with any one of the fingers of the left hand.

The placement of the bow for playing a violin is of vital importance because the music played by the player ultimately depends on the correct positioning of the bow against the instrument. So, in order to make the music sound perfect, the following tips of bow placement should be followed:

•    Tilt the violin bow slightly towards the fingerboard
•    Position the bow just on the string at a middle point between the fingerboard and the bridge
•    Draw the bow in a straight way so that it runs parallel to the fingerboard
•    Keep the arm level and the bow steady while hitting on different strings for playing
•    Loud sounds are produced with heavy pressure on the bow and soft sounds are produced with light pressure on the bow

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