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Lesson time: (2min 15sec)
Simon Fischer demonstrates bow-pressure exercises at the point of the bow, showing how the hair gives while the wood stays firm, for an even, consistent tone.
This lesson is part of the course The Secrets of Tone Production Part 3: Fundamental Tone Exercises Continued
Watch a preview of the full course below.
Lesson transcript:
The pressure exercise quickly demonstrates whether someone understands the mechanics of the hair at the heel, while being rigid at the point.
Try This, Tim:
Experiment:
Another Demonstration:
In this exercise, that's where you want to feel the bow, at the beginning of the up bow.
Don't feel the hair up here. What you want to do is feel this, and you go heavy, heavy in there.
Caution:
One more time, just turn around a little this way.
Remember:
Final Affirmation:
Simon Fischer enjoys a distinguished and wide-ranging career as a performer, educator and recording artist. He has performed worldwide as a recitalist, and committed three Brahms Sonatas to record, a recording that received high praise in Gramophone Magazine. Simon is recognised as having a place amongst the world's elite teachers. He is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music, and has held positions at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Wells Cathedral School and the Purcell School, and for 15 years was a visiting professor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music. Having studied in London with Yfrah Neaman, and in New York with Dorothy DeLay, Fischer's approach unites the best elements of the French, Russian and American violin traditions. Fischer's published work greatly influences the teaching of the violin. Having written for The Strad magazine since 1991, his monthly articles have attracted a worldwide following. Published by Edition Peters, his technique books Basics and Practice (translated into Korean, Italian and German), Scales and The Violin Lesson, and the DVD The Secrets of Tone Production (now available to stream via MusicGurus), have become standards on many continents. His book and DVD Warming Up was described by The Strad magazine as "23 pages of pure technical gold". In 2014 Simon Fischer was awarded the European String Teachers Association prize "In celebration of a lifetime contribution to String Teaching". In his four-part Secrets of Tone Production course, Simon guides you through getting to know your instrument and then working through his fundamental tone exercises step by step, so you can produce a richer, more controlled and more beautiful sound on the violin. read more
