On Bowing

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It is said that certain 19th-century European fencing schools made beginning fencers practice nothing but footwork for 6-12 months before ever picking up a sword. Although evidence for this is scant, the belief persists among fencers, in part because they recognize the value of teaching fundamentals.

Bladework is competitive and exciting, while footwork is solitary and frustrating. If the two are introduced together, a student will tend to focus on perfecting their bladework over perfecting their footwork. This leads eventually to losses in competition against fencers whose footwork is faster and more precise. A fencer who has completely established the muscle memory for any piece of footwork in any situation can turn her mind entirely to bladework and strategy, trusting that her feet will be able to deliver on any desired action.

In a conversation with noted Irish fiddler Gerry O'Connor, he made the same argument regarding the role of bowing for a beginning fiddler. Accurate, strong, conscious bowing should be the main focus of every beginning fiddler, says O'Connor. Left-hand work is secondary, except where finger positions should be tweaked for proper intonation. By spending the first year or more practicing bowing, a fiddler can then begin learning tunes with the assurance that her bow hand will perform perfectly even when her mind is focused on the fingering for a difficult piece.

O'Connor also had the following recommendations:

• Practice long up- and down-bows on open strings, going as far up and down the bow as you can without breaking your bow-hold. Don't worry if you can't get all the way to the upper tip of the bow. Choose a number, like 8 or 12, and practice mentally counting off this number as you bow. Try to moderate the speed of your bowing so that you come to the end of the bow as you finish the count. Do this a lot. See how slowly you can go while still producing a good sound.
• Practice scales in which you slur two or more of the notes. Go as slowly as possible at first and try to make the time for each note the same. Continue counting off as before.
• Play scales in which you slur three notes, walking up one note at a time (i.e. G-A-B, A-B-C, B-C-D, etc).
• Instead of jumping right into your favorite tune, begin by playing very basic melodies that you've known since childhood, such as "Happy Birthday," "Frére Jacques," or "Twinkle Twinkle." Use long bows and play very slowly. Concentrate on executing the bowing perfectly. Practice a single tune for a long time using many different variations of slurs and bow rhythm. The idea is to get your bow hand able to execute the appropriate slur for the effect you want without you needing to think about it.
• If you get sick of "Happy Birthday," put together a few slow airs and waltzes. Play these tunes as slowly as possible, using long strokes with good rhythm.
• Once you can play a tune all the way through correctly, don't stop. This is the time to establish that critical muscle memory. You've played the tune many many times incorrectly, so in order to erase that from your muscles you must play it just as many times correctly.
• For additional short exercises, try to pick out common patterns of notes from the tunes you listen to. Practice playing these patterns slowly, using different slurs and rhythmic changes. Eventually, your goal is to be able to play tunes not by playing one note after the other, but by stringing groups of notes that you've learned by heart into the various tunes.

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