Using a Violin Bow
Violin Bow Control
Violin Bowing Tip to Frog
Violin Bowing Frog to Tip
Violin Bow Tilt
Violin Lower Bow Tips
Violin Middle Bow Tips
Violin Upper Bow Tips
Violin Bow Arm Levels
Straight Violin Bowing
Violin Playing With Lower Bow
Violin Playing With Middle Bow
Violin Playing With Upper Bow
Spiccato Violin Bowing
Drawing Out Violin Sound
Loosening Violin Bow Hair
Summary: Spiccato violin bowing involves tapping the violin bow to the strings. Learn how to do spiccato bowing with tips from a classically trained violinist in this free music lesson video.
Elizabeth Willis is a classically-trained violinist and pianist. Studying piano since age 4, at age 5 she took up the violin at her insistence (according to her mom) and studied at the...read more
"So, for a second, I wanted to go back to an important bowing that we learned that centers around the balancing point of the bow. So, the first thing you want to do is find that balancing point of your bow. This is going to be the ideal spot for you to do your spiccato. So after you've found that balancing of point, you can take your bow and kind of start bouncing it. Kind of like as if you were bouncing a basketball. (playing demonstration) And depending on where you're doing your spiccato and which string you're on your arm, again, going back to those levels is going to change. So (playing demo) So that is spiccato, again, to help you get use to playing the bow part."
eHow Article: Spiccato Violin Bowing
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