Holding the rosin correctly can lengthen the lifespan of your rosin. Rotate the rosin from time to time to avoid creating a groove for the hair to travel in. Cover the frog ferrule with an overlapping finger to avoid chipping the rosin. ...
If your bow has not been pre-rosined, you’ll get to do it yourself. A brand new, unrosined bow needs to be passed up and down, from bottom to top, across the surface of the rosin about 40- or, even 50-times, to develop the slightly abrasive surface you’re looking (listening)...
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It’s sticky, discolored, and/or smelly. All bows eventually become sticky, discolored, and even smelly. This is due to the combination of rosin, dust, general grime, and finger residue from accidental touching. Always wipe your bow off – just like your instrument – each time you play. ...
How Rosin Works “The first impression that I always have to work with is that bow hair has scales on it that grab the string and make it vibrate, which is not at all the case,” says renowned acoustics expert Norman Pickering in a recent chat withStringsauthor James McKean (read our ...
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Seriously, there's been a lot of attempts to clean or refurbish hair that's been on a bow. You can wash it and get all the rosin off -- unfortunately that doesn't solve the problem of the hair losing its teeth and becoming too smooth to grip the string. There are some kits out ...
to apply, and once you get that ingrained in you as you play, you can add a little bit of bow distribution and dynamics to your playing and combine that with a little bit of a plan for how you are going to shape your phrases and those three things combined will really propel you ...
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Don’t apply rosin to your violin strings. Rosin is designed specifically for violin bows—even if it seems convenient, you won’t be doing yourself any favors if you apply the product directly to your strings. Instead, reach for a safer alternative, like a clean piece of cloth.[9] Whi...