Bow Warm-Ups 2.0

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New! Bow Warm-Ups 2.0 for beginners, updated for 2020!

This video goes through a variety of fun exercises and warm-ups for beginning string players to use to strengthen fingers and shape the hand in preparation for bowing on their instrument.

▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Introduction

0:10 - Bow Hold Check points
Checkpoints:
All fingers are curved and naturally spaced.
Fingers are relaxed and around the stick. Ring finger covers frog’s eye.
Thumb has a “bump.” (It is okay if it touches the bow hair)
Violin/Viola - pinky is on top; Cello/Bass- pinky lays over stick
Hand has a slight tilt toward the tip of the bow

1:21 - 1. Pinky Push-ups
Lift high, but keep curved
Bumpy thumb check - flip bow hold over and double check that you have a thumb bump

2:02 - 2. Waves
Finger wave - lift each finger sequentially, one at at time, back & forth
Wrist Waves - using only the wrist wave “goodbye,” keep flexible
Paint Brushes - move wrists in a side to side motion

2:05 - IS YOUR THUMB BENT??

3:09 - 3. Stir the Caldron
hold bow vertically with a good bow hold, and stir the cauldron

3:43 - 4. Windshield Wipers
With your bow pointing up, gently twist forearm back and forth, keeping bow hold shape!

4:51 - 5. Write Your Name
Use bow like a pencil to write your name, or something else in the air

5:19 - 6.Train Tracks
Move the bow parallel to the floor in a straight line across the body

5:53 - 7. Rocket Ships
Move the bow centered and parallel to the body in a straight line toward the ceiling. Be sure to let wrist be flexible!

6:36 - 8. Spider Crawl
Keeping a good bow hold, “crawl” to the top of the bow, then back to the bottom. This will really strengthen your fingers. No cheating!

7:25 - 9.Circle bows
Make a large circle in the air and return the bow to the frog
Shoulder Bowing - similar, but pretend you are holding a violin of viola

8:12 - 10. Open and Close
Holding the bow and isolating the movement of the elbow, open and close the elbow joint

9:01 - 11. Short Fingers/Tall Fingers
Holding the bow, let all fingers “fall” down and hang straight off of the hand, then lift fingers up, almost in a crane-like motion. This is the foundation of the colle' stroke.

HAVE FUN!

All music used in this vide is copyright free and royalty free.
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I'm not even in orchestra, but I found this video entertaining for some reason.

simonwright
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The sequel we've all been waiting for

Boltzy_Sam
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My orchestra teacher always plays this and it makes all of us excited

Mx.Monaco
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Love this video. My teacher plays this every day, and im getting better at holding my bow by watching this video!

NMLSPDRWB
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This is AWESOME!!! Thank you so much for this resource! Using it with my orchestra classes!!!

LisaFairey-vz
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On a subscriber's request, I added timings/chapters to each of the exercises incase you want to only work on certain exercises. 🙌 See the description for details. I recommend you do all of the exercises though! 💪 Try it on 125% speed!

TheOrchestraTeacher
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These are going to be great for a non-string playing teacher I'll be tutoring.

naominorwick
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Thank you so much I broke my left arm but missed playing the violin so my teacher sent me here.

margot
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Was looking for some bow exercises for my students and this was perfect! Thanks a million, so entertaining :)

Zoe-yguk
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Thank you so much. We are using the warm up with both my cello kids!!!

elenakokurina
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My students and I enjoyed the earlier version; can't wait to try 2.0 with them. Impressive!

lynnvanlenten
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Dude... 🤟 I Iove you for this... (All the childhood failure erased in one vid..amazing) Trying to start learning the violin again... and this is an AMAZING VIDEO when I say I was neeever able to get the hand position down as a youth, I mean I really couldn’t get it down. God bless my teacher who was very old but I never caught the feeling of it, I also have long fingers. I watched one other vid before this and this one sealed it...

HeartOGlobe
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Loved the way you made it so easy to understand what you were saying, I am also using this video for one of my projects in my class on canvas

savageuser
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What a fun and helpful video! I appreciate the reminders to check that the thumb is bent.

painterdawn
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So interesting this video! It helps me a lot while facing those students had trouble with how to hold the bow easily and properly...

carrielee
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This is a fantastic resource. I use it all the time with my studio and with my schoolkids. Thank you so much!

stewartstringstudio
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I love your warm up videos! I use them with my students all the time!

mrs.smithstrings
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Great vid. I’m in class with ms murdock

kimcarllytikainen
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Hi Dr. Charles. I am an orchestra teacher in Michigan. We love your video! Could you possibly change the background of the last exercise #11? The flashing lights can cause seizures in students who are prone to them. Thank you!

NatalieHouse-hp
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This is the best thing I've ever seen, thank you!

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