Itzhak on Bow Grip

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[dududevynidu]

Mr. Perlman, thank you so much for uploading such videos. Can you share some tips on how to practice vibrato?

[redpimpledasparagus]

Could you teach the 'flying spiccatto'? like the ones in 'Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso'?

Thank You! :D

I'm watching your Hong Kong concert :D

[thechurchac]

brilliant. Clear and concise. Thanks

[699backstab]

Whats neat is when you listen to him, but not his content, he could be Joe at the sandwich shop. Or he could be one of Humanities greatest violin players. What a quality way for this man to spend some of his time. Helping. The greatest respect.

[HeatherSpoonheim]

I can't believe I just watched you giving out basic pointers on youtube - technology is so incredible and you are so generous for using it to share so openly. Thank you.

[inerciamental]

I sincerely appreciate your work, I don´t know you but still, I consider you my friend, greetings from México

[poseuresque]

as counter-intuitive as it seems, this really works the best for me for overall tone production, flexibility of the wrist, up-bow staccato, ricochet bowing, and legato.

i'm no pro but i can move through vitali's chaconne, the mozart concertos, the beethoven romances, more minor pieces like that with relative ease.

everyone's bow grip will vary according to finger length, size of the hands, and posture.

i'm not a professor but for anyone who has to teach him/herself i wholly recommend this

[poseuresque]

of the fingers toward the stick. it maintains a constant pressure/tension throughout the bow stroke, primarily by using the index and middle fingers.

to visualize this, hold your bow in front of you, arm completely extended with the stick and hair on the horizontal axis, and notice the angle of your fingers toward the stick.

also notice that with this grip the fingers do not really overlap the front of the bow but seem to rest on top of the stick, the ring finger falling somewhat behind it

[poseuresque]

i taught myself bow technique through YouTube. i picked up the instrument again at 25 but was too poor for lessons, and didn't know where to turn for advice. the russians all played better than the rest so it seemed like a good idea to study their technique (hirschorn, heifetz, seidel, kogan, milstein, korsakov, elman).

Carl Flesch identified the primary characteristic of the this grip as angularity: face a mirror, execute a full up-bow stroke on the g, elbow to the body, and notice the angle

[poseuresque]

leopold auer's advice: hold the violin to the left part of your body, elevate the scroll, keep the elbow as close to the body as possible while bowing, use the wrist exclusively to apply pressure throughout the bow stroke.

you will notice that this is the basis for almost all professional violinists' bow techniques.

the grip will fall into line when following this instruction.

personally i favor the russian grip but not as he demonstrates it

[AlabastaJones18]

1 person has terrible bow grip