INTERMEDIATE BOWING CONCEPTS

Bow needs to have all bow hair when playing middle to tip, and needs to turn gradually so at the frog only the bow hair farthes from you is on the string.  To turn the bow, raise your wrist during an up bow when approaching the frog, then lower it on the up bow to turn the bow back to normal gain.

When moving from mddle to frog, raise your elbow slightly, then just prior to frog, lower your elbow again.  This helps to remove excess weight on the bow during that time.

Also,  on up-b ow when almost at the frog, use your fingers to keep the bow moving while you are changing your arm direction of movement.  That way, it minimizes the time the bow is not moving and smoothes the change of direction.  Similar at the tip: use your fingers to continue the down bow while preparing for the up bow.  It's not as pronounced at the end of the down bow.

At the end of a down bow, to start the up bow, squeeze with the end of your third finger.  That helps to start the up bow.

On up bow when approaching the frog, the bow should turn slightly out of perpendiculat, with the frog a bit too much towards you, then near the frog, straighten the bow out again.  This will be just a few degrees out of perpendicular.

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