DISAPPEARING VIOLIN AND BOW

Written by alan baldwin
Published: March 20, 2014 at 9:20 PM [UTC]

All my playing life I used instruments and bows that took some work to handle, not that easy to play but not too difficult.

The bow I now use is from Howard Green and it is so perfectly balanced, after two minutes, it seems to disappear and I am conscious of only moving my right arm, fingers and wrist.

I have now noticed that at home and in the orchestra, the same has happened with the Stoinov violin and I am aware that only my right arm etc. and left fingers are moving.

Has anyone else experienced this.

One could say that concentration takes precedence over instrument awareness but I just read the part and do not get lost in it to the exclusion of all else.

Or is it that anyone with decent equipment will experience the same thing.

alan