Violin Practice: Different Bow Speeds

Video Transcript

"Another aspect to bowing while playing is using different bow speeds, because your bow isn't always going to be going at the same pace throughout the same pace. Especially when you have parts where there's a tremolo. Your bow speed is going to change dramatically and it's going to become very, very fast. (Demo) And, if it's a very kind of like adagio, more slow section of the piece, your bow speeds going to be very, very slow. (Demo) The bow speed, kind of think of as going along not only with the dynamics, but with the particular patterns and that part of the music. For really kind of loud and really intense patterns you might have. Parts and pieces you might have sections where your bow is matching that loudness by bowing really, really hard and really fast. (Demo) Or, especially when you're doing spiccato your bow is going to change as well. (Demo) So there's different bow speeds."