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Parts of the Bow and Their Functions
Stick-Exercises that Build Fine Motor Skills
Bowing Terminology and Notation Symbols
Bow-Hand Set-Up, Tasks and Functions
How to Control the Bow as a “Bow Team”
Bow Wrist Motions and the Bow-Hand
Bow Arm Box and Bow String Levels
Bow Contact Locations and Tracking
Bowing Traditions
Mastering Bow-Segments
Bowing Articulations
Conveying
Speed to the Bow
Balance Point and Resistance of the Bow
The Art of the Bow Change
Introducing the Bow
Parts of the Bow
The Stick
Horse-Hair
The Tip
The Frog
The Winding
How the Bow Works
Rosin
Preparing to Hold the Bow
Stick Training Exercises
Bowing Terminology
Down-Bow
Up-Bow
Bow-Hand Set-Up
Finger Tasks and Functions
The Thumb
Meet ARC
Finger Segments
The Index-Finger
Bow-Hand Pronation
The Center-Finger and Ring-Finger
Bow-Hand Fulcrum
Ring-Finger Propulsion
Bass Bows
Pinky Bow-Tasks
‘Casting’ the Bow-Hand
Bow-Wrist Tasks
Rotational Inertia
Arco
Clay Smile Exercise
Meet ANGLE
The Bow-Arm Box
The Shoulder Arc
Bow Contact-Point
String Lanes
Bow-Segment Mastery
Bowing Exercises
Finding the Bow Contact-Point
“Painting With Sound”
Bowing Exercises Menu
Bow Taps
Bowing Traditions
Perform Down-Bows
Perform Up-Bows
The Art of the Bow-Change
Articulations
Staccato
Legato
Mastery Checkpoint One
Building Bow Control
Bow Speed and Bow-Arm Motion
Bow Planning and Distribution
Slow Moving Bow Strokes
Individual Bow Segments
Traveling the Bow
Bowing Dynamics
Mastery Checkpoint Two
Advanced Techniques
Slurs and Articulations
Slur Training
Locating the Bow’s Balance Point
Ricochet and Spiccato
Exploring Ricochet
Ricochet Control
Spiccato Training
Spiccato Control
Spiccato Brush Strokes
Multiple String Crossings
Virtuosic Bow Strokes
Arpeggio Bowing
“Flying” Staccato
Mastery Checkpoint Three