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Uploaded by on Jul 1, 2010

This is an abridged lesson from http://www.ViolinLab.com detailing the differences between the spiccato and the staccato bow strokes.

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  • Hi I'm trying to master spiccato. My teacher said I'm not allowed to move my arm when doing it. She said the whole motion comes from the fingers squeezing the bow forward and back, and the bow bouncing at the same time (with no arm movement at all)..  What is your opinion on this? It's really bugging me not being able to move my arm with the bow bounce.

  • @LadyLockets The tempo and dynamic of the music will determine which kind of motion you use. If you're in a slower tempo playing forte, you have to use arm and be closer to the frog, otherwise you'll have a puny little spiccato that won't deliver the sound. However, if you have a fast passage in a "piano" dynamic, arm motion will get in the way. My general rule is: the faster the tempi, the less motion is needed, which means we rely on the smaller muscle groups to do the work.

  • what was the piece called; the one that you played on 2:38 .? (:

  • @PiaNoLuVeR6197 There were two examples I played found in Suzuki Book 1. They were both Minuets (#1 and #2) by Bach. I'm honestly not sure of what their original catalogue number is and I imagine they were first written for the keyboard.

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  • Great teacher, i wish i was that good teaching :-) Congratz !

  • wow, this video is very helpful, your explanation makes me understand better the difference between the two, thank you! :)

    Staccato is more like - - - - - (dashed line) and Spiccato is more like . . . . . (dotted line) therefore Spiccato sounds lighter than Staccato...? Hope I understand it right :)

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  • If your looking for a way to remember which is which just remember spic-cato you pic it up. like off the strings and stac-cato you stack something so it goes on it like on the strings. :)

  • great lesson...

  • GREAT VIDEO! THNX

  • Thanks for the video.

    Now in your oppinion, what's the difference in between Staccato and Martele?!

    I find that they are more similarities in between the staccato and martele than staccato and spiccato...

  • As an amateur composer that has never played a stringed instrument this clears up a lot! Thanks for the great video!

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