Violin & Viola Bow Holds
Click for link to Google Site with the complete video lesson.
Click for Video on Set Up, Playing & Putting Away of Violins & Violas
Click for Video of types of bows for the orchestral stringed instruments.
The main bow hold for the Violin & Viola is with your middle two fingers and thumb, which are together, and should be curved to form a circle form. Your index and pinkie figures rest on either side of your middle two fingers and thumb.
Pinkie should sit just above the eye of the frog.
1. Start first by making a bunny with your hand.
Click here for a video of the bunny position.
Then make the bunny with a pencil.
Click here for a video showing the Bunny Position with a pencil.
Next, transfer to your violin or viola bow.
Click here for video on holding a violin bow.
Click here for video on holding viola bow.
Bow holds can vary slightly, depending on how you are taught.
