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Sep 13, 2016 | Start to Play
In the Violin Lounge Academy I teach dozens of students worldwide to play the violin beautifully. I do this through in depth step by step video courses, video exchange and live 1 on1 violin lessons via Skype. I live in Holland (Europe) and my online student Blair...
![[Video] French, German, Belgian, Russian or American Bow Hold? | Violin Lounge TV #248](https://violinlounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/French-German-Belgian-Russion-or-American-Bow-Hold-Violin-Lounge-TV-248-1-1080x675.png)
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...
![[Video] How to: Portato Bowing | Violin Lounge TV #247](https://violinlounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Video-How-to-Portato-Bowing-Violin-Lounge-TV-247-1080x675.jpg)
Aug 17, 2016 | Bowing Technique
In this video you will learn how to play portato. Portato is the bowing technique you apply when you see slurred notes with a line below or above them. The trick is to not do too much. Just stop the bow for a split second, like it would look like if you press a pause...
![[Video] How to Train a Relaxed Bow Hold | Violin Lounge TV #246](https://violinlounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/How-to-Train-a-Relaxed-Bow-Hold-Violin-Lounge-TV-246-1080x675.jpg)
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...
Jul 15, 2016 | Bowing Technique
This episode is about the exercise ‘finger bowing’. It will help you bow more smoothly en make a beautiful sound on the violin! Beginners tend to bow mainly with their lower arm without much movement in their wrist and fingers creating the typical beginner...
