Violin Practice Bowing Exercise - Open String Patterns (Fundamentals through advanced)

Continuing the series of exercise videos, this one will show some practice we can do with open strings. This is a great way to warm up at the start of your practice. It is all about developing your ear to hear the beautiful sound of your instrument as well as isolating your bow arm to be able to create the nuance or articulation you have in mind.

Introduction
@0:00 Intro to open strings
@1:25 Focus areas: listening and beautiful sound
@2:55 Three phases of exercises

Phase 1a (fundamental strokes - detache)
@3:39 Intro to detache
@5:24 Demo: Upper / middle / lower half detache
@8:51 Demo: Full bow detache

Phase 1b (fundamental strokes - martele)
@11:23 Intro to martele
@13:52 Demo: Partial bows progression
@18:51 Demo: Full bow marteles

Phase 2a (control and nuance - staccatos)
@20:47 Intro to staccatos
@22:52 Demo: Four to nine per bow
@25:48 Demo: Ten to twenty four per bow

Phase 2b (control and nuance - dynamics)
@29:24 Intro to dynamics exercise
@31:01 Demo: Dynamic patterns with weight
@36:25 Demo: Dynamic patterns with speed
@39:19 Quick note on contact point

Phase 3a (advanced techniques - ricochet)
@40:03 Intro to ricochet
@41:50 Demo: Bounces in one direction
@47:15 Demo: Bounces in two direction (continuous)

Phase 3b (advanced techniques - spiccato)
@51:17 Intro to spiccato
@52:33 Demo: Build up from one note
@54:52 Demo: Continuous spiccato

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