Bow tension archery
- how tight should my violin bow be
- how tight should your violin bow be
- how to know when your violin bow is tight enough
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Written by Amy Tobin of Fein Violins
When you are learning how to play a bowed string instrument (violin, viola, cello), there are a lot of things about the process that can seem a bit nebulous and mystifying.
The importance of this rhyme is to remind you that you not only need to tighten the bow to tension when you are playing, it is also absolutely crucial to loosen that tension when you pack up your instrument after playing or practicing!
When you are learning how to play a bowed string instrument (violin, viola, cello), there are a lot of things about the process that can seem a bit nebulous and mystifying.
It can be overwhelming for a beginning student because so much of what we do is seemingly done by feel.
One of those things that seem to be especially difficult to grasp early on is how much to tighten the bow when you play.
Today I am going to give you a couple of quick tips to help you with this!
First of all,
let me preface this by giving you a little rhyme that we use in the store.
It goes something like this:
TIGHTEN TO PLAY, LOOSEN TO PUT AWAY
The importance of this rhyme is to remind you that you not only need to tighten the bow to tension when you are playing, it is also absolutely crucial to loosen that tension when you pack up your instrument after playing or practicing!
In fact, if you don't, you run the risk of warping your bow, at the very least, or breaking it entirely! You can read more about why this happens on our Bow Care 101 blog post.
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