Professor of Violin Julia Bushkova talks and demonstrates an essential bowing technique for managing colors and dynamics.
0:38 What we do as beginners
1:15 Introducing 5 Contact Points (os Sounding Points) starting from No. 3 (the beginner CP)
CP 1 - The closest to Bridge (but not on the bridge)
CP 5 - The closest to Fingerboard ((but not on the fingerboard)
CP 3 - exactly in the middle CP 2 - between CPs 1 & 3 and CP 4 - between CPs 3 & 5
3:24 Think of the CPs as "notes for the bow"
4:06 Example of good CP usage in music (Paganini Cantabile)
4:52 Example of a bad CP situation
5:20 How to make a good diminuendo to pianissimo (and continue at the pp Contact Point)
5:41 The order of learning CPs
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