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12-01-2004, 05:23 PM
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Howdy, I play with the youth orchestra here and I'm auditioning for the early music group in town. They all play with baroque instruments. I took up my teachers violone, but I need a bow. Is there a diffrent bow hold and such for baroque bows, and if there is, is there a whole other study too the bow like a french or german bow
thanks,
peter
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12-03-2004, 02:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Austin, TX | | | Nice resource, CB, on technique fundamentals. Thanks for sharing the link. |
01-04-2005, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Stradosfella Howdy, I play with the youth orchestra here and I'm auditioning for the early music group in town. They all play with baroque instruments. I took up my teachers violone, but I need a bow. Is there a diffrent bow hold and such for baroque bows, and if there is, is there a whole other study too the bow like a french or german bow
thanks,
peter | I don't know if you call it a "baroque" bow, but the viol bows are held similar in style to a german bow, except, among other things, some of your fingers are on the hair and your fingers actual add or decrease tension on the hair to get a certain sound. I started taking bass viol da gamba lessons last year. Love those frets!!
Brian
The other odd ball thing is you begin with an up bow, rather than a down bow. The viola da gamba society of America is a good resource.
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01-05-2005, 01:07 PM
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ok i got a double bass for christmas and i obviously got a bow to go with it. now i am new to bows and if the bow doesn't attatch to the bass and doesn't produce sound, does that mean i need rosin because i don't have any at the moment and i was wondering if i should buy it. and if not, what's wrong?
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01-05-2005, 03:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Ridgewood, NJ | | | You're off the subject; see the adjacent thread titled "Rosin!?"
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01-05-2005, 03:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Ridgewood, NJ | | | Regarding this thread, is this the point where someone says "If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it."?
Apologies to all.
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01-05-2005, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Don Higdon Regarding this thread, is this the point where someone says "If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it."?
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01-05-2005, 06:01 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | Check out earlybass.com and greatbassviol.com - good sites with lots of info on violone and other early bass instruments. |
03-25-2011, 05:52 AM
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A good place to get a baroque bass bow is Roger Doe. He makes beautiful bows that actually work, at reasonable prices. Roger Doe bowmaker
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03-25-2011, 06:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Boston, MA | | I love this series of clips of Rinat Ibragimov, using a baroque bow. He does make it all look so easy... YouTube - Bach Cello Suite No.3 Movement 1 |
03-25-2011, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Eric Swanson  | You beat me to it. He is amazing! |
03-25-2011, 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by bassgurl ok i got a double bass for christmas and i obviously got a bow to go with it. now i am new to bows and if the bow doesn't attatch to the bass and doesn't produce sound, does that mean i need rosin because i don't have any at the moment and i was wondering if i should buy it. and if not, what's wrong?
well whoever replies i thank you and if you have more advice, i am very thankful |  It's okay, your an electric player... I am slowly catching on to the electric spectrum so I understand. Get yourself some good rosin (stick to kolstein, pops, oak or carlsons) and a couple of lessons...
Sorry for imposing on the forum you guys... If I had an excuse to get a boroque bow, I would... Let us know how the adjustment from modern to traditional instrument goes. |
03-26-2011, 08:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Boston, MA | | And for the German players: YouTube - Bach - Brandenburg Concertos No.3 - iii: Allegro
German baroque bow on the bass, "French" bows with everyone else. Note the gut frets on the bass, too.
The guy is nailing it (I don't know his name...), IMHO.
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03-31-2011, 10:22 PM
| | | Nice resource, CB, on technique fundamentals. Thanks for sharing the link.
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04-01-2011, 05:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: minneapolis, mn | | | Ignat Ibragimov is my new hero
everything i was always missing from bass soloists. i appreciate meyer, karr, vincent pasquier, i love old koussevitzky recordings, ........ but this guy, excellent.
This may be an absurd question, or an oxymoron i suppose, but has anyone even entertained the idea of a carbon fiber baroque bow?
If anyone has a baroque bow they would sell for cheap, send me a message. I'm interested in all varieties. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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