PERFECT your bow hold | Rabbits

The first installment in a bow exercise series that covers all the foundational movements that your bow hand needs to get beautiful tone and execute a variety of bow strokes. Rabbits solidify your bow hold while encouraging flexibility. It centers the bow hold with the thumb and the middle finger as the fulcrum and teaches that the fingers don't have to squeeze the bow.
Below is every video in the series and a brief description of what each exercise practices. Happy practicing!
1. Rabbits: PERFECT your bow hold • PERFECT your bow hold ...
2. Tic Tocks: Flexible fingers • UNLOCK your bow hand |...
3. Pinky Pushups: Flexible and strong fingers • Develop a flexible bow...
4. Bridge Arpeggio: Finger string crossings • The FASTEST string cro...
5. Silent Arpeggio: Hand string crossings • Develop seamless strin...
6. Collé: Horizontal finger motion • SMOOTH and CRISP artic...
7. Up and Down Bow Staccato: Collé applied to the string • The most FEARED bow te...
8. Ring the bell: Bow angle and tip pops • My MOST used bow exerc...
9. Follow-along with every exercise • My daily bow exercise ...

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I can't thank you enough for your instruction videos! For the littles, when would be the good transition time for the thumb in the between? Currently, my child is instructed to place the thumb under the frog due to age (turned 5).

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Thanks TJ! I’d definitely default to your teacher on this one. They likely have a system for this. Many great teachers teach with the thumb on the outside of the frog however when I was teaching littles, I liked to start them with the thumb in between from the very beginning. It takes more time initially but I felt that it was better in the long run. I feel like having the thumb on the outside encourages a bit of over squeezing with the thumb and makes pronation more awkward. My advice would be to bring it up with your teacher and in the meantime, focus on making sure that thumb is very passive while on the outside. 👍

[@tj3952]

@@priceviolinacademy thanks for your thoughtful feedback! You are correct, initially when my child started it seemed to be just fine but recently as hand coordination is getting a little better, recently started to notice that the thumb sticking out forward (which perhaps leads to more tension..?) I am not a string player, and been trying to find the best possible options for littles especially at home. Truly appreciate your instruction videos available!!

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