Skip to content

The Bow Strokes

Searchable & Sortable

Strokes Variations
ACTIVE ELBOWActive elbow09, 11, 15
ACTIVE ELBOWActive elbow & articulation21
ACTIVE ELBOWActive elbow & crescendo on down bow33
ACTIVE ELBOWActive elbow for fast bows23
ARTICULATIONActive elbow & articulation21
ARTICULATIONArticulation within slurs 33, 35, 37
BOW DIVISIONBow division 11, 12, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30, 31, 35, 37
BOW DIVISIONBow division & moving through the bowTheme, 05, 26
BOW DIVISIONBow division & recovery strokes09
BOW DIVISIONBow division challenges07
BOW DIVISIONBow hair inclination04, 06, 16
BOW HOLDBow hold, 1st-finger release02, 08
BOW HOLDFlexible bow-hold at heel of bow13
BOW LIFTSBow control in the air03, 12
BOW LIFTSBow landings from air09, 12
BOW LIFTSBow lifts01, 03, 05
BOW LIFTSBow lifts after slurs28
BOW SPEEDBow retakes, down-bow04, 26
BOW SPEEDBow speedTheme
BOW SPEEDBowing planning09
BOW SPEEDFast bow speed with stable point of contact12
BRUSH STROKEBrush stroke, control in rubato14
BRUSH STROKEBrush stroke, spiccato in groups of 322, 34, 38
BRUSH STROKEChords & double-stops14
BRUSH STROKESaving bow10
COLLÉCollé01, 02, 03, 04, 08, 09, 12, 13, 14, 19, 24, 25
COLLÉDouble-stops & chords14
DYNAMICSActive elbow09, 11
DYNAMICSDynamics, down-bow crescendos05, 32
DYNAMICSDynamics, sudden change, loud-soft03, 06, 16, 19, 31, 32
DYNAMICSHook stroke09, 23
DYNAMICSBow hair inclination04, 06, 16
DYNAMICSLower half freedom & resonance01
DYNAMICSPlaying at heel with flexible bow hold13
DYNAMICSPlaying fast at heel of bow with resonance08
DYNAMICSSame technical patterns in different dynamics23
DYNAMICSStarting on the string & landing from the air11
LEGATOLegatoTheme
LEGATOLegato detache stroke at balance point01
LIFTING BOWLifting & placing of bow in lower half01
LIFTING BOWLifting of bow01, 03, 05
LINESLong musical lines07
LINESLower-half freedom, resonance01
LINESPlanning fingering & musical line10
MARTELÉMartelé12, 32
MARTELÉMoving through the bow, bow division05
MARTELÉOn-string & off-string bowings, changing between06
MARTELÉStarting on the string & landing from the air11
MARTELÉWhole-bow martele, fast23
MIXED BOWINGSMixed bowings combining legato & bow lift07, 08, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 37
POINT OF CONTACTBow division & recovery strokes09
POINT OF CONTACTPoint of contact changes07
POINT OF CONTACTPoint of contact planning21
POINT OF CONTACTResonance & lower half freedom01
POINT OF CONTACTResonance & playing fast at heel of the bow08
POINT OF CONTACTRetakes, down-bow04, 26
POINT OF CONTACTRetakes, down-bow & up-bow04
POINT OF CONTACTStable point of contact, with fast bow speed12
RICOCHETRicochet20, 25, 32
RICOCHETRicochet at point26
RICOCHETRicochet, slower speeds20, 26
RICOCHETRound bow & smooth string crossingTheme, 14
RICOCHETRubato22
SAUTILLESautille15, 16, 17, 27
SAUTILLESautille starting up-bow in duple rhythm24
SAUTILLESaving bow10
SLURSArticulation within slurs33, 35, 37
SLURSBow speedTheme
SPICCATOBrush-stroke, spiccato in groups of 322, 34, 38
SPICCATOSlurred spiccato, up-bow spiccato14, 18, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30, 32, 35, 36, 37
SPICCATOSpiccato13, 18, 20
SPICCATOSpiccato, starting down or up-bow02
SPICCATOStanding spiccato15, 24
SPICCATOTone productionTheme
STRING CROSSINGSmooth string crossing, round bowTheme, 14, 16
STRING CROSSINGString crossing27
STRING CROSSINGString crossing, pivot33, 34, 38
STRING CROSSINGString crossing, pivot & whole-arm13, 16, 17, 22
STRING CROSSINGString crossing, whole-arm39
TRIPLETSBrush-stroke, spiccato in groups of 322, 34, 38
TRIPLETSZigzag bowing09
StrokesVariations