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New teacher, New Bow hold?

Technique and Practicing: Identifying a new how hold taught by a new teacher.

From Sarah Zhang
Posted August 1, 2012 at 02:15 PM

I have switched to a new teacher and had my first formal lesson. He has had me do a new bow hold, but I'm not quite sure of its name. I know I used to do the Galamian bow hold, and this new bow hold works for me because I had a tendency to hook my index finger around the stick of the bow and my old teacher was working to improve this. My new tracher has said he takes a natural approach to holding the bow.This bow hold
requires me to hook my index finger around the stick, but all my other fingers are curled and my thumb does not go through the space betweens the hair and the stick. I have noticed it is slightly higher than the Galamian, but only by a touch. Can anyone help me identify this bow hold?

From Trevor Jennings
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 08:15 PM
Is your bow hand flat? i.e. the back of the hand is more or less parallel with the forearm.
From Kitty Jingga
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 08:51 PM
It's not where or how the index finger rest on the bow, but rather where the index finger rest in correlation with the thumb that matters.
From Sarah Zhang
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 03:49 AM
My hand is not parallel to my arm. I was instructed to lead with the wrist. And my index finger is is just a few millimeters away from the thumb. The thumb rests in between the index and middle finger , but closer to the index side
From Raphael Klayman
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 11:56 AM
Why don't you simply ask your teacher???
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