Nov 1, 2016 | Bowing Technique
Should you push out your wrist when playing at the extreme tip? One of my Violin Lounge Academy students asked me this question in the online student community we have. He told me that another teacher told him that the wrist should be straight all the time and that...
Sep 1, 2016 | Bowing Technique
This video is made to end the confusion you might have when you see all the possible different bow holds when you Google bow hold. You might have read that there are French, German, Belgian, Russian, American bow holds, combinations of those and more. Bow hold is not...
Aug 17, 2016 | Bowing Technique, Play Comfortably
[Video] How to Train a Relaxed Bow Hold | Violin Lounge TV #246 This episode is all about how to have a relaxed and flexible bow hold and bow smoothly with a beautiful tone. I assume that you already have a decent bow hold. If you doubt about that, click here to watch...
Oct 27, 2015 | Bowing Technique, Play Comfortably
In this video I will give some advice to one of our viewers based on the photo’s he sent me. First a little disclaimer: I’m just a humble fiddler and not a doctor. This is general advice, not specific advice for your individual situation. If your doctor tells you...
Feb 19, 2015 | Bowing Technique
You might hear all the time that your pinky should remain on the bow all the time… nicely curved. However… when you look at performers playing, you see the bow hold changing in every bow stroke and you see them playing with the pinky off the bow. In this...