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kyle
Registered User
(9/2/00 5:09:45 pm)
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Help!
Hello!
I've posted this
question on the other boards and have
not gotten any responce, so
I thought I would go
to the source!
I am looking for
interesting open bowing patterns.
I have this one:
Half
note Whole Bow
Quarter Quarter Point
Half note Whole
Bow
Quarter Quarter Frog
I have looked at various books and
they have mostly
the same ones, whole notes on different
strings,
quarters etc. I am hoping to find some
interesting
open string bowing exercises to practice while
I
rest my left hand.
Any recommendations for books on bowing would
be helpful.
thank you!
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dacapo2
Registered User
(9/4/00 4:02:30 pm)
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Help!
Have you tried to add "color"
factors to the open string exercises you are presently using? For
example, a crescendo on a down-bow to the tip is more of a challenge
that one on an up-bow. Understanding what is required in both cases
is an important technical gain. Even practicing an open string which
sounds "heroic," then one that sounds "ghostly" or "pure" or
"energetic" or exquisitely legato is, to my mind, a great way to
expand your musical vocabulary. Piatigorsky is always invoked on
this issue: "Even scales should be played with passion!"
Also, do you include string-crossing patterns with you open
string work? That could yield big return. Take the pattern involved
with any etude (Schroeder #18, for ex.) or G major Prelude from
Bach's Suites. Aim for control and relaxation. Scan your wrist,
elbow, shoulder.
I'm not sure what playing-level you are at
so it's hard to know if what I've suggested is right for you at this
time but I bet some of it is. Let me know!
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dacapo2
Registered User
(9/4/00 4:12:42 pm)
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Re:
Help!
Kyle, I forgot to recommend to you
Fritz Magg's book called "Cello Exercises" published by G. Schirmer,
Inc. I don't know if it's still available--G. Schirmer may have gone
the way of all flesh--but you might look in a good library or a big
music store that may just happen to have an old copy. Magg devotes
seven pages to open strings aimed a "spun sound," portato, staccato,
jete, wrist-finger aspects, string-level work and various rhythms.
It's certainly worth looking at.
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kyle
Registered User
(9/7/00 11:30:12 am)
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Re:
Help!
Thank you very much! This is very
helpful.
I think practicing bowing on the open strings
is very
useful, at least for me and your
ideas are wonderful!
I am
going to look for this book. Seven pages, WOW!
Thanks
again!
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