Violin Practice Bowing Exercise - Open String Patterns (Fundamentals through advanced)

Continuing the series of exercise videos, this one will show some practice we can do with open strings. This is a great way to warm up at the start of your practice. It is all about developing your ear to hear the beautiful sound of your instrument as well as isolating your bow arm to be able to create the nuance or articulation you have in mind.
Introduction
@0:00 Intro to open strings
@1:25 Focus areas: listening and beautiful sound
@2:55 Three phases of exercises
Phase 1a (fundamental strokes - detache)
@3:39 Intro to detache
@5:24 Demo: Upper / middle / lower half detache
@8:51 Demo: Full bow detache
Phase 1b (fundamental strokes - martele)
@11:23 Intro to martele
@13:52 Demo: Partial bows progression
@18:51 Demo: Full bow marteles
Phase 2a (control and nuance - staccatos)
@20:47 Intro to staccatos
@22:52 Demo: Four to nine per bow
@25:48 Demo: Ten to twenty four per bow
Phase 2b (control and nuance - dynamics)
@29:24 Intro to dynamics exercise
@31:01 Demo: Dynamic patterns with weight
@36:25 Demo: Dynamic patterns with speed
@39:19 Quick note on contact point
Phase 3a (advanced techniques - ricochet)
@40:03 Intro to ricochet
@41:50 Demo: Bounces in one direction
@47:15 Demo: Bounces in two direction (continuous)
Phase 3b (advanced techniques - spiccato)
@51:17 Intro to spiccato
@52:33 Demo: Build up from one note
@54:52 Demo: Continuous spiccato
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[@lolamas3042]

Muchas gracias por estos ejercicios y por insistir en la importancia de practicar cada día sólo con el arco! 👏👏👏👏👏👏💜🎶💚🎻

[@shonen84]

I’m an absolute beginner and I’ve been doing this for the last few months. I plan to go very slow, to try to avoid catching bad habits. Some days, I don’t play at all and just work on my right hand finger flexibility and strength. I’ve found that then going to Suzuki, I can get through it without roadblocks. Thank you for this comprehensive video, and for all the knowledge, examples and tips!

[@BenjaminBregman]

Thats awesome @shonen84. The bow is the voice of the instrument, and creating a beautiful sound is definitely a core focus for my students in their first years. Nearly everything should be played with a beautiful sound, even when figuring out notes for a new piece.

[@lemonprince3626]

Good video. helpful. Could u make a video on how to test a violin. tips and tricks how to buy a violin?

[@ananasiq]

Thank you so much! I was practicing along and it works really well for me! Added to my exercises list ❤

[@umitsn]

Thanks 🙏 Schradieck had exercises for the left hand without using a bow, especially for the development of the little finger, can you share them?

[@BenjaminBregman]

I might put a video on the Schradieck exercises some day! This teacher has good videos about them: ruclips.net/video/SXFifZ_FztI/видео.html&ab_channel=ViolinClass

[@umitsn]

@@BenjaminBregman 🙏