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- - - - GDAE: good dogs are everywhere
      - Supplement
        
        Videos
        Explanation of my pedagogical approach
      - Teach right arm first
      - The ViolinLab pedagogical approach is to teach a “professional” approach to bowing from the beginning stages of learning.
    - - Too much friction
        
        scratchy
        
        too much pressure
        
        too little bow speed
        
        playing too close to finger board
      - too little friction
        
        metallic
        
        harmonics of the string
        
        too little pressure
        
        too much bow speed
        
        playing too close to bridge
  - - - Mission: create a tone
        
        clear
        
        Pressure
        
        Even
        
        bow speed
        
        Continuous
        
        keep the speed during bow changes
    - - Bowing
        
        Down bow
        
        Up bow
      - Slope and path
        
        slope: y axis
        
        shoulder
        
        Raise(lift) vs. Release(lower)
        
        Path: x axis
      - Play different strings
        
        G string: almost flat, tiny slope
        
        E string: greater incline, more slope
        
        The hand, elbow, and arm, all travel up and down the slppe together
    - - More about “path” - the horizontal movement
  - - - Supplyment
        
        Free, Unmeasured Down Bow exercise on A
        
        Free, Unmeasured Down Bow exercise on A
    - - Supplyment
        
        Down and Up with Pause - D string
        
        Down and Up on the A string
        
        Down and Up with Pauses on D
    - - Finger motion: sink when connecting up to down bow
      - Supplyment
        
        Connecting Up to Down Bows on A string
        
        Connecting Up to Down Bows on E string
    - - Supplyment
        
        Video
        
        Continuous measured Down and Up Bows on D
        
        Continuous Measured Bow Strokes on G
        
        Practice
        
        Measured Bows on A string
        
        More whole Bows on A string
  - - - the bow move from string to string
      - change arm level
      - Practice tips
        
        do this exercise as a warm-up for building stamina in the muscles
    - - Supplyment
        
        Video
        
        Exercises on G and D Strings
        
        All Four Strings
- - - - The setup (parts/components) of a violin
        
        finger board
        
        nut
        
        Elevates the strings
        
        Strings
        
        D’Addario Prelude Set
        
        Tailpiece with fine tuners
        
        Pegs
        
        chin rest
        
        shoulder pad
        
        bridge
        
        Bows
        
        carbon fiber bows are good enough
      - Supplyment:
        
        Video: How to change Violin Strings
      - Practice tips
  - - - tuning app
        
        E 660
        
        A 440
        
        D 293.3
        
        G 195.6
        
        Hertz between adjacent strings: the perfect fifth
      - How to tune?
        
        First, we tune the A string (A 440)
        
        loosen fine tuners before tuning
  - - - loosen the bow (hair) when not playing
        
        by how much
        
        humidity will affect the amount
      - tighten the bow when playing
    - - how to rosin
        
        Rosin 4/5 good swipes for every 3 or 4 times of plays is ok
        
        two ways to rosin
        
        long bow strokes
        
        rub the bow with rosin
      - rosin
        
        light rosin
        
        dark rosin
- - - - steps:
        
        use bow
        
        pizzicato with bow
        
        pizzicato with 3rd finger left hand
      - Supplyment
        
        Video
        
        May Day Dance Violin and Piano
        
        Documents
        
        May Day Dance Sheet Music
      - Practice Tips
        
        Practice knowing right away where D and A note is.
        
        To play the half notes you want to distribute your bow so that a half of it is in one beat and half of it is on hte other beat
  - - - Supplyment
        
        Video
        
        Herrmann Adagio Play Along
        
        Documents
        
        Herrmann Adagio Sheet music
      - Practice Tips
        
        Your aim for this piece: concentrating on a good tone while crossing the strings.
        
        Use a whole bow for both whole and half notes. Slow down the bow speed on the whole notes
        
        Anticipate the string crossing by preparing the change of arm level beforehand.
  - - - Practice Tips
        
        The purpose of this exercise is to work on straight bowing.
- - - - bring the violin near to the neck
      - the purposes of violin hold
        
        secure the violin so that the left hand move around freely
        
        let the right arm bow more naturally
      - parts to build good posture
        
        chin rest
        
        shoulder pads
      - Supplyment:
        
        Video: Violinist in Balance
      - Practice tips
        
        the palm of your hand is up against the shoulder
        
        bring the violin in deep against your neck and let the violin rest on the collarbone
        
        raise the arm a little bit higher than you need then drop it to the necessary position
        
        keep your head aligned over your spine while holding the violin
        
        engage left arm using the back muscle instead of the shoulder muscle
    - - Supplyment
        
        Video
        Dr. Laurie Scott, part 1: Getting Comfortable Holding the Violin
  - - - Supplyment
        
        Videos
        The First Bow Hold Video and First ever Violin Lab tutorial
      - Practice Tips
        
        The top of the bow is the side part of the stick that is pointing tup when the bow is tilted
    - - how much space between the fingers
    - - Pronate vs Supinate
      - how to add bow weight
    - - Contact point of the thumb
    - - Where the other fingers go
        
        Index finger
- - - - Hold vertically and go up & down
      - Subtle thumb movement for up & down bow
      - Let go to prevent bouncing
    - - Very Impressive