THE ART OF THE BOW ARM with Yizhak Schotten
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- THE ART OF THE BOW ARM
with Yizhak Schotten
How to Produce the Most Beautiful Sound in the Most Efficient Way
(2017)
In this instructional video, violist Yizhak Schotten presents his methods and techniques for developing the bow arm for sound production. Many of the methods included here are passed down from his teacher, William Primrose. He hopes that this comprehensive guide will help aspiring violists find their most beautiful sound in their journey with the instrument.
1. Introduction 00:00
2. Push and Pull 02:20
3. Developing Finger/Wrist Technique 03:16
4. Exercises for Strengthening the Arm and Fingers 06:48
5. Long Bow Strokes 08:56
6. Playing Soft Dynamics 12:31
7. Bow Distribution 15:14
8. String Crossings 18:05
9. Vibrato 20:02
10. Détaché 24:17
A Guide to Short Strokes (parts 11-16): 27:38
11. Sautillé 29:29
12. Collé 34:09
13. Spiccato 37:06
14. Marcato Sounds - Martelé and Similar Strokes 39:05
15. Staccato and Portato 43:05
16. Ricochet 44:30
Conclusion and Credits 45:50
Your viola has the most beautifull sound I heard in my Life. Bravo!!!
Thank you, Jairo, it is a great instrument , and I learned a lot about producing a beautiful sound from playing it.
He sounds like that on every viola.
This is the best ever explanation and demonstration I have ever seen! I am playing the violin for almost 20 years and now learned I had some fundamental misunderstandings about bowing! THANKS!!!!!
This is an excellent tutorial for both the beginner and the advanced student. Every violist should watch this.
Every violinist should watch and study this video too!
Only 4.8 likes in 5 years!! This is all one could ever want or need in one's violin/viola learning. A total compendium clearly and succinctly explained and demonstrated. I will be 'glued' to this video, section by section. An incredible blessing. Thank you Mr Schotten. Thank you TH-cam. G Ire adult student
The music at the beginning of the video is a Bach Concerto reconstructed for Viola, Strings and Continuo from BWV 169, 49 and 1053. The recording is from my CD “Bratsche” on Crystal Records.
Is a score available for this reconstruction? If so - where can I get one?
Maestro Yizhak Schotten, Thank You so much for video!!!
This is the best and most true to bow technique available.
He is so correct and detailed. A must! This video is the
best educational video out there. This should be mandatory.
Schotten is amazing. I love hearing his thoughts on viola playing!
I am very grateful to you for this video!
Thank you for sharing this video with us!!
Thank you for sharing these concepts!
Thank you for this post.
Wonderful Maestro !!!!
thanks for sharing your wisdom, sir!
This is absolutely pure gold. Thanks a million.
Thank you dear!! This tutorial is to much!!! Blessings!!!
Thank you sir for this brilliant topic.
Thank you for your insight and pedagogy! It's like the spirit of Mr. Primrose is speaking to me through you 🎻
Thank you, Mitchell, I appreciate it.
Beautiful video! I really enjoyed it! You play beautifully n I could listen all day!! Thank you for showing all the different techniques! 😃❤️👌🎻
This is wonderful. Thank you again.
Excellent! A wonderful tutorial for violists!
Thank you very much for sharing this great content video!
He has such a beautiful viola! 😍😍😍
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and mastery! I keep coming back to this video time and again!
I thought this was marvellous and so comprehensive. The compelling beauty of tone as the viola weaves a tapestry of song utterly verifies the technique. Thank you Yizhak Schotten.
Generously offered valuable techniques. Thank you for sharing. 🙏🏼
Brilliant tutorial in every way. Thank you.
Wonderful! Thank you for your perspective on right hand technique!
A thousand times thank you for this video!
Your sound is divine.
Thanks a lot sir, for most valuable information and bow moving methods. So sweet sound of strings ever heard 🙏
This is amazing! Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge and understanding.
That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks!!!
Realy love your video , My favourite channel. Thank you thank you !
Thank you, very beautiful music
very informative , thank you so much
This is phenomenal work, thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you SO much for these extremely helpful exercises! They are my basic exercises! Christiane
Dear Sir, you're the best👍
This is an amazing tutorial. I wish I had seen it years ago . Now it will help me in teaching. I will come back to it often. Thank you!
Thank you very much for taking all the trouble to produce this highly informative film. I myself never had the opportunity to learn from Primrose and am very grateful to be able to watch this demonstration of Primrose's approach now. I will send this video immediately to all of my students.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS INTO A VIDEO!!!! My students think I'm crazy for having them do many of these exercises. Having them in a video from someone notable will help reinforce solid technique and tone in my studio. Forever a fan. Now to apply the exercises I don't know to my own daily practice routine.
I’ve watched less than 5 minutes and i can already tell that your lesson contains top quality technique, thank you!
It is a beautifull viola sound.Thanks.
The demonstration is amazing....
Thank you for sharing your knowlege, the video has been very helpful, I've got a lot of improvement on my sound the my technique since i started to apply these exercises :)
as a violin player, found this teaching very useful! thank you great teacher Yizhak
Mr. Schotten, Great video. Thank you for producing this valuable content. I am hoping you can do a video focusing on the bow hold.
Wonderful! Helped my daughter so much.
Could we get a video entirely for the Left Hand in the future?
Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial maestro! ;)
Beautiful playing. Glad to see you are looking great and hope all is well with you. This is Norman (now David) Wallace. Best to you and Catherine.
I love this Video. You are so technical. This is what is required for the Beginners. I started the Violin late and I also started the Viola. Time for practice is an essential sacrifice in the rush of the days ! Thank you for your precious advice. Blessings.
Finally!! Viola is an amazing instrument! I love the instrument I play :)
This is the best educational playing video ever made.
He is so correct and truly captures all of the techniques
needed for bowing. THANK YOU!. This is a must for all
string players!!!! Bravo!!!! We are very fortunate and
thankful for this video.
Thank you so much for this video! I've only been playing violin for a few months, but I wanted to get past the "sawing" motion with my bow. This has helped me!
Great Tips ! Thanks!!!
I totally loved this video. I'm new on the viola, so this gives me material to practice for weeks! (and maybe even years, i don't know how good or bad i am learning the viola). Thank you, good sir!
I have spent 46 years playing jazz guitar. I started playing viola in 2000 and have never looked back. I am very thankful that you produced this video as many of my questions have been answered. Outstanding teacher. I'm off to practice and will return often in the future. Yes, I will be playing jazz on my viola.
Did you stick with it?
Great!!! Thank You so much!🎻🤗
I remember going to hear you once in 1974 as soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony when you were the principal violist. I think you played Der Schwanendreher. I was in high school attending the Congress of Strings. Later, you gave a coaching session at EKU in Richmond, KY. I wanted to study with you but didn't know how to approach you. I had studied with Virginia Schneider, Joe Ceo, Milton Katims, Marcia Ferrito, Joseph Pietropalo and briefly with Walter Trampler.
Dear LORD of the strings, thank you humbly , dear SIR for existing and great course;
Hello Yizhak. Lovely to see you, and to hear you speak and play... Beautiful... and the speaking and playing too (!) ... just like my dear father said.
비올라 선생님 감사합니다!!😀😀
באמת טוב מאוד!! תודה רבה
What a great pedagogue!!
Thank you Benjamin, I appreciate your two comments!
Excellent! Thanks a lot
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I credit a great deal of my quick advancement as a "self taught" adult violinist to watching this tutorial early on in my learning.
Thank you for your clear explanation. This lesson will keep me occupied for a few months.
Thank you isn't enough. Wonderful instruction.
Thank you, Helena. I appreciate it!
thank you very much sir
Thank You Sir. I have played violin for years, now just started cello, enjoying that immensely. Your instruction will definitely help me improve technique on both instruments.
Sir,
Very good tutorial and well explained,,
Regards
This is a wonderful class on bowing (I'm certain that these ideas can be applied equally to the violin my own instrument).
Thank you😊
this video is a big help. i have really double jointed hands, so holding the bow properly and moving it properly is a huge struggle for me because my fingers just bend all over like my bones are made of jello. but i hope seeing these techniques and how to properly practice them helps me more
איזה רעיונות מיוחדים!! תודה רבה על האפשרות שאתה נותן לנו לנסות אותם בעצמינו! אין כמו מוח יהודי!!! תודה רבה !!
Thank You
Thank you!
Excelente!
Thanks for helping my doubts
Muchas gracias.
I'm an adult beginner on the violin and I've been searching the net for help against too little control over the bow which makes the bow shake...watching this video and practising the above helped me understand the reasons for that problem and even helped remove it immediately. Thank you so much!
תודה יצחק מאד איכותי.
I am relearning violin after not playing for 44 years. I find I return to this video over and over again to find exercises to improve my bowing. I am improving fast and feel I am on my way to having a beautiful bow arm. Thank you for this wonderful video!
Thank you, Claire. I am glad my video is helpful to you!
This is an amazing video! It’s helping me understand a lot of the bow technique that my teacher has been trying to get me to understand for years now. Thank you so much for these awesome tips!
Thanks
I use Helicore Strings which are thinner to allow for quicker bow response along w/ a CodaBow Joule.
When I hear Mr Schotten playing his viola compared to the sound I get from mine... oh God, it's like playing a totally different instrument.
How nice to share the art of bowing!
Dear Orlando S, The exercises in the first five minutes of the video are designated to develop finger wrist flexibility. The motion is very exaggerated and in actual playing the action is a lot more subtle. Sadly, I can't take credit for this "old pedantic crap" since these exercises were taught to me by William Primrose.
Yizhak Schotten I believe (correct me if I am wrong) Primrose learned it from Ysaye who learned it from Vieuxtemps who learned it from de Beriot who learned it from Rode. It is “old pedantic crap” because it seems to work and you spend years on it because bow techniques can always be improved. Thank you for sharing your wisdom!
"Ze bow must go up and down." - Stephane Grappelli
Thank you Yizhak, wonderful video full of great advice. You produce a strong, round sound with little effort. I was wondering, do you have a similar tutorial video for the left hand? Particularly ways to avoid tension in the fingers, especially during fast passages, tricks for keeping the hand relaxed etc? I also have an arm vibrato as you do...what's your take on arm versus wrist vibrato for the viola?
thank you, Stringburn,
I am thinking about left hand video or videos. By the way, I use both wrist and arm for my vibrato.
I am learning how to play the violin as an adult (1 year), and I still have some trouble with my bow, because that's how I found your video. I am aware that this video is viola-specific, but I find your words useful in the violin context as well. It was a viola which first got me interested in playing a bowed stringed instrument, but I was lucky enough to have a decent (not fancy but still nice) violin in the family. All bowed strings are amazing instruments. Thank you very much!
The teacher I subbed for taught a specific foot placement to take care of the extra weight of the Viola. So like the foot under violin more forward and I think the other foot held straight under the body like it was the part of your spine (but that is curved as well so imagine a straight line) and there is where the support foot is the other for balance maybe.
"What is good for the violist is also good for the violinist, although the converse is not always true"
William Primrose, from Conversation with William Primrose
Excelent
I love this video, it has helped me so much. Would you mind telling me what bow you play with in the video?
My bow was made by Francois Gaulard
Je ne sais pas si il y a une vertion en francais de cette démonstration que je trouve tres intéressante meme pour une personne comme moi qui ne connais pas grand chose de cette instrument. Je suis heureux de constater le travail de ces musitiens? Mes félicitation à tous ces vertuoses pationnés et qui savent nous ébaillir et nous faire vivre par leur art.
I would also like to know which shoulderest you use. Thanks.
Mr. Schotten, could you tell me please, what kind of chinrest do you use? Thanks.
Absolute gold...... we can't thank you enough.
Extremely thoughtful and well produced. This will be my go to resource for many years to come.
How does the physical size of the player affect the bow technique? Does a smaller player need more of a raised elbow on the up bows for instance?
Thank you for the comment. I don't think the individual size of the player matters in this case. With smaller players the problem is keeping the bow parallel to the bridge when going to the tip.The solution is to bring the scroll closer to the front of the body when getting to the upper part of the bow.
@@yizhakschotten4669 you have just solved a frustration I've had for many years. Thank you, thank you.
What kind of music sounds at the beginning of the video?