How to Prepare a Bow | Violin Lessons

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So now I'm going to teach you how to loosen and tighten your bow properly, and then also how to rosin your bow. When you're loosening and tightening your bow, this is the screw that you use. And when you loosen your bow, you want it to be about that loose. Not too loose. I'll loosen it a lot. See, that's too much, because then when you put it back in your case, some of the hairs could fall out or, you know, break. So about this loose, right there, where they're sort of wiggly, but not too wiggly. And to loosen it, you turn the screw counter-clockwise, and to tighten it, you turn the screw clockwise.

Now when you tighten the bow and you're getting ready to play, you want it to be not too tight and not too loose. You can see if it's too tight or too loose by using a pencil as a guide.

Okay. At the tip of the bow, the pencil should not touch either the stick or the hair. That's correct. As you get to the middle of the bow, it should touch. But it's not touching, as you can see. So this is too tight. And then as you come out, it should not touch again, which is correct. So now let me show you the proper bow tightening. So I'm loosening it, I'm turning it counter-clockwise, and now let's see if it will work. It does not touch anything over here. Then, when you bring the pencil to the middle, it is touching both the hair and the stick. That's good. And then as you come out it does not touch, and that's good as well. So that's how you loosen and tighten the screws of your bow for the optimal sound on your instrument.

Now, rosin, R-O-S-I-N, this is rosin. It comes in all different shades. Green, this is green. It's sort of a sticky rosin, but there's also lighter ones that are not as sticky. I tend to like this even more. This gives you the sound on the hairs. Without rosin, you're not going to hear anything.

However, you don't want to put too much rosin on. When you take your violin out everyday, and your bow, you just put a little bit at the frog and then you drag it, so watch, like so. A little bit at the frog, then you drag it up to the tip, and do a little bit at the tip, then you go back to the frog, a little bit at the frog, and then you go back to the tip, a little bit to the tip, and that's it. You don't want to do too much.

Now you have a perfectly rosined bow. And that's how you rosin your bow.
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If your violin bow does not make sound use the bottom of the bow scratch the rosin until it gets ugly put it on your bow and test it

かわいいさくら-kv
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I really appreciate you for taking your time to make this video! I wasn’t sure how to set up my bow properly but this video really helped out. Definitely worth the thumbs up!

nightblueraven
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I played the piano my whole life and I decided to pick up on the violin.

Yumeowe
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Thank you my daughter got her first violin she wanted to start right away, this helped so much

utahbebe
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well done video! for the newbies! thank you!

learjawholesalefactory
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I'm new to the violin but so it might have something to do with my bowing technique but I get much nicer sound when I heavily rosin my bow.

ayannafit
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Straight-foward & easy for me to understand..Thanx!!

Moxy
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I have violin lessons and I’m already good after one lesson!

Gingercat-inwn
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Nice and good 👍 information about bow how to set it. Thanks for this video help a lot

V_Y_music
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Just added to my son's play list! Thanks!

ailetushka
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Um, the pencil in the middle you said didn't touch but it should and you needed to loosen it. You mean tighten it? Loosening it will make the distance larger

gamingwithgraciemae
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I love your videos! Im trying to keep up learning with my son! Lol

AshleyMarshDiscoveringLife
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played electric guitar my whole life and decided to learn this using my brother's violin

shaufey
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This one was so useful, besides she's so pretty jaja :)

golden_smaug
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Well, the pencil tip is very useful... But sometimes I still feel like it is not enough tight...

angaloxis
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"It does not touch" <proceeds to touch the sides repeatedly>

elisrae
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Please suggest me.do we need to loosen vilion strings and bow after practice??🙂🙂🙂

jamupsnepali
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Hey i was just wondering do u have to blade the rosin????

newchapter
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My rosin that I received is really really hard. Like rock hard. Do I need to soften it before I put it on my bow? Or how does it work if ur rosin is really really hard? The instructions say to use a knife or sand paper when using ur rosin for the first time, but I'm not sure how to do that. I have to SEE ppl doing it. I can't just read or hear it & do it. I'm a visual learner.

jennifermichener
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I've heard you don't want to leave the rosin on the hair after your finished. is this true?
If so how do I get it off?

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