Improve your Bowing Technique on the Violin
Master your violin bow and create a beautiful sound.
Free violin lessons that teach you how to bow smoothly, make fluent bow changes and master different bowing techniques, so you can play the music you love beautifully.
How to Learn Sautillé on the Violin or Viola
In this video, I will answer a question from Lam, who writes: Dear Zlata, can you do a video on how to make a beautiful sautillé? How to make a beautiful sautillé? Sautillé is a bowing technique where the bow leaves the string (jumps) and you can play very fast short...
How to Make Smooth Slurs on the Violin and Viola
Valyncia asks: how to make smooth slurs on the violin? Watch this video and learn about... What is slurred bowing? Two sorts of slurring: with a string change and on one string Four tips on how to slur smoothly: 1 devide your bow properly 2 make an even sound from...
How to Stop Your Bow from Jumping
What to do if your bow jumps or shakes when you don’t want it to? What to do if your bow jumps or shakes when you don’t want it to? Having trouble to create a steady sound when bowing on the violin? You’re not alone. In this video we show you how to stop your bow from...
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How To Train Your Pinky to Play Violin and Viola (left and right pinky) [Pinky Training Program]
Do you have difficulties with playing the fourth finger? (your left pinky) Do you have difficulties with smooth bowing, because your pinky is to weak to do the work? (your right pinky) Ok, let's get those pinkies into my Pinky Training Program! In this video I share...
How To (and should you) Bow Straight on the Violin or Viola?
Why should you bow straight? What is the difference in sound it makes? What is straight bowing? When you play the violin or viola, you should keep your bow perpendicular to the strings and parallel to the bridge. This is called straight bowing. Your bow should form a...
How To Make Your Bowing Jazzy, Swingy and with a Bite?
Learn some jazz bow technique! How to bow in such a way that your bowing sounds jazzy, your sound swings and every bow stroke is with a bite? Today we are going to talk about playing jazzy, because lots of classicly trained violinists play pop music or jazz music like...
Do You Play with the Right Part of Your Violin or Viola Bow?
Do you play with the right part of your violin or viola bow? Jeremias asks: I saw your video on selecting bows and it got me thinking. My music teacher always says that when I'm playing I'm playing in the wrong part of the bow. I play my violin on the top half of my...
How to Lose Your Fear of the Frightful Frog
Let's talk about a fobia lots of violin and viola players suffer from... In this video, I'm going to talk about the phobia that many violin players have, and that is.... the Fear of the Frightful Frog! (woooo) We have quite some bow, but for some reason, many violin...
How to Hold Your Violin or Viola Bow?
How to build up your own bow hold! I’m making a few videos on the basics of violin playing. In this video I will explain how to build up your own bow hold. Make sure that you keep your bow straight and you use your left hand as a help hand. The easiest way to do it is...
Do You Bow like a Toddler Paints?
What is the difference between a toddler who paints and a painter who paints? If bowing is like painting, do you bow like a toddler paints? If you are playing the violin, I think it matters more how you play than what you play. If you play something very difficult but...
How to Make Your Bow Hold More Flexible and Bow Like a Pro?
Violin Lounge TV Q&A about getting a more flexible bow hold: "Hi Zlata I was wondering if you have any advice for wrist and finger flexibility when playing with regards to bow hold as my fingers and wrist are relatively static when bowing. Thank you kind regards...
How to Cross Strings without Noise
Dear violin teacher, I would like to learn how to switch violin bow from string E to string D, and vice versa without generating any noise. Does the bow actually touch the string A during the transition? The skill is needed in playing Suzuki Violin Book 1 No.14 Bach...
How to Smoothly Switch between Strings with your Violin Bow?
“Since I just found you yesterday, I don't know if you've covered this "problem" for me a beginner... My question is about bowing: When I practice scales or a song and I switch from G, D, A or E , I wind up with sounds I believe sound like a double stop. It happens...