Pencil exercises for your bow hand

Using a pencil (fitted with pinky and thumb aids) to practice violin bow grip. Proper hand movement makes good sound. This pencil/paper activity lets you focus on one hand at a time.

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Education

Tags:

• violin
• pedagogy
• performing
• arts
• right
• hand
• technique
• and
• viola
• bow
• grip
• practice
• bowing
• with
• pencil

[offmostwalls]

Working on it. It's a matter of lining up the time and the camera. Different doodads work for different kids. Some kids want their bows unadorned. I have a 10-year-old who wanted to know if he could "lose the bling." He did with my blessing. It's mostly a concentration thing, and hooray when you can graduate from the guides and use each finger to its unique advantage. Your hand is a team of 5.

[offmostwalls]

Thanks for comment. Glad I could make some useful points with a plain old camera and no editing capabilities :)

[noralovespegasus]

I noticed that you have some extra pads or cushions to make your bow hold more comfortable. It would be great if you could make a video with some suggestions, thanks!

[noralovespegasus]

One of the most useful bow hold videos I've seen. Thanks for posting!

[stargazersgirl]

wonderfull! this should help a ton with my hand cramping!

[kehwa]

Ingenious.

[axelbrz]

Hey, respect her. She's trying to help us.

[MNViolin]

Great gadget? Why don't you make a few and I would love to buy some for my pupils.