How to Use Rosin on a Violin Bow

In this video Joel gives tips and tricks for how to rosin your bow - the right way. Learn how to rosin your bow and avoid the mistakes that Joel sees many violinists make when rosining their bows.
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[@prayitnoprayitno2833]

Finally, a tutorial for new rosin

[@KennedyViolins]

Glad you like it!

[@josey119]

Thanks for this helpful video!

[@KennedyViolins]

Always glad to help!

[@loveearth262]

Nice video 7-10 times

[@violaracer8168]

Thanks!

[@adamcolbertmusic]

2:50 Thank you for clarifying this, I thought that speeding it up and getting more friction and melting the rosin would help it "melt off" and spread more. Sooo, if colder rosin applies better, then would it help even more to put it in the freezer for a short time? 🤔🤔

[@KennedyViolins]

Well, I think that rosin is probably, very intentionally designed to be used at typical room temperatures. If you freeze it, bad things might happen. I don't know but if you do, I'd be interested to see what happens!

[@adamcolbertmusic]

@@KennedyViolins I have a question. Is it okay to leave the rosin on the strings? I don't really see why not, at least not letting it get excessively caked up. It wouldn't actually harm the metal to leave it on though, would it? It seems like the strings always need to be "primed" with rosin from a few minutes of playing anyway until they really start responding to the bow.
I always wipe off the rosin dust from the violin body, fingerboard, and also the bow stick really well. I understand the importance of not letting it soak into the wood over time and affecting tone. 🙂

[@adamcolbertmusic]

@@KennedyViolins Btw I've also noticed/realized that the horse hair, like human hair and also blades of grass, has a smooth direction and a rough direction. And during the bow hairing process, it is combed downward in the smooth direction. As a result, when you up bow the hair slides more and when you down bow it catches more. And when you down bow on the rosin itself, there's more friction to attach it to the hair. Sooooo it got me to thinking that maybe the best way to apply rosin is with down bows, but then you use up bows in order to smooth and even out the rosin along the hair 🤔🤔

[@KennedyViolins]

@@adamcolbertmusic Well, as a general rule, you will always want your strings to be clean. If you let it cake up, you are creating a situation that the string manufacturer and the rosin maker didn't account for. Also, if you let it cake up, you will always be playing the violin in a different state because every time you play, the rosin on the strings will be different and you'll have to account for that. The easiest thing to do is create the "same state" for yourself, every time you practice. This will make tone production practice much more effective and efficient.

[@adamcolbertmusic]

@@KennedyViolins Thanks, that makes sense. It also occurred to me that letting it cake up increases the mass of the string, thereby lowering the pitch though only negligibly, possibly resulting in needing to re-tune and sharpen up, which would add unnecessary string tension too.
The other concern I had was whether or not the rosin had a tendency to absorb moisture, which would contribute to string rusting if it were to build up and stay there, or if a slight residual layer is okay.
I ALWAYS wipe the violin body and the fingerboard and ALSO the bow wood of any rosin dust whenever I get done playing, I have a nice soft felt Yamaha instrument towel that came with my digital piano, so it's good stuff and has always been my designated violin towel. I'm good about getting the violin wiped down because the rosin dust can absorb into the finish and then affect the tone. But I'm never sure how thoroughly I should be cleaning the strings. If I really pinch the felt on the strings and wipe it squeaky clean, then I notice the next time I play it takes time to "prime" the strings with rosin from the bow before they satisfactorily catch the bow hair and respond reliably to bow movements. So what I'm getting at is, it's convenient to leave some rosin on the strings because then I can just pick up and play the next time, but I don't know if that long term does any harm. Thanks you for replying.

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[@KennedyViolins]

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[@KennedyViolins]

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