VIOLIN: BOW PARTS and MAINTENANCE

DIAGRAM OF THE BOW PARTS

PARTS OF THE LOWER

HALF OF THE BOW

TIGHTENING AND LOOSING
THE BOW HAIR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcewRMeCd

bA&x-yt-ts=1421914688&x-yt-cl=84503534

USE THE SCREW TO TIGHTEN

AND LOOSEN THE BOW HAIR

BE SURE TO LOOSEN THE BOW
HAIR BEFORE PUTTING
THE BOW AWAY

THIS IS WHAT WILL

HAPPEN IF YOU TAKE

THE SCREW

COMPLETELY OUT

MORE BOW PARTS

THIS IS HOW THE SCREW

FITS INTO THE FROG

HERE IS WHAT THE BOW

SCREW LOOKS LIKE

THIS IS THE INSIDE OF THE FROG

BOW TIP

THIS IS WHERE THE HAIR IS

INSERTED INTO THE TIP

HORSE HAIR IS COARSE

LINKS
BOW MAINTENANCE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcewRMeCdbA&feature=fvw
http://www.zaretandsonsviolins.com/caringforbow.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_5484021_clean-bow-hair.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZGDMdwrlPo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcDzSOJepbE&feature=related
BOW REHAIRING
http://www.violinbowrehairingdvd.com/
http://www.violinist.com/discussion/response.cfm?id=11156
zine.com/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=2;t=000278
http://www.folkofthewood.com/page2595.htm
http://www.ehow.com/how_2343164_rehair-violin-bow.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081008164219AAXTfMN
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-12352683267269513
42&ei=CfBwS7beI4OGqQOX8YXIBg&q=violin+bow+rehairing&hl=en#
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ovoiZphXv0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24QwB3Faj2E&feature=related

SEE HOW A BOW
IS REHAIRED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE2yG4nZQj0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1421

914688&v=rgJY0xcDKCQ&x-yt-cl=84503534

To see a bow that REALLY
needs to be rehaired:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StBe3m4gI2g&feature=related

LEARN ABOUT GENERAL BOW MAINTENANCE

VIOLIN: ROSIN?

ROSIN IS BASICALLY DRIED TREE SAP:

ROSIN IS APPLIED ON TO THE BOW HAIR TO KEEP THE HAIR FROM SLIDING OFF THE STRING

http://www.simplyviolin.com/page2/page10/files/9f2a4c20a303825219b367d5d825a754-15.html

http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Violinists-Guide-to-Choosing-Rosin-For-the-Bow&id=2197203
http://www.violinonline.com/rosinandsound.htm
http://www.ruryviolin.com/pdfs/RosinTips.pdf
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3820107/how_to_choose_a_type_of_rosin/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40lt8lPuvuU
http://www.ehow.co.uk/video_2375281_applying-rosin-violin-bow.html

http://www.stringsmagazine.com/article/default.aspx?articleid=23756

VIOLIN: ROSIN: HOW TO ROSIN THE BOW

VIOLIN: BOW HOLD VIDEOS

VIOLIN BOW HOLD EXERCISES

WINDSHIELD WIPER BOW EXERCISE

SPIDER CRAWL BOW EXERCISE
http://www.violinstudent.com/tips/october/october20.html


BIG CIRCLES BOW EXERCISE

BOW ROCKING or THE "SEE-SAW"

BOWING ON THE VIOLIN FOR THE BEGINNER

HOLDING THE VIOLIN BOW

LEOPOLD AUER ON BOWING

and 

BOW HOLD

PRE-BOWING ON THE SHOULDER

MOVING THE BOW ON THE VIOLIN 

PROPORTIONS OF THE BOW

 ELIPTICAL MOTIONS CREATED BY 

BOW STROKES and LIFTED BOWS