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ERIC Number: EJ1426507
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jul
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1948-4992
EISSN: EISSN-2164-0661
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Biomechanically Informed Bowing: Revisiting Rolland's Principles of Violin Playing
Min Jung Kim; Stephen Thomas Fairbanks
String Research Journal, v14 n1 p5-21 2024
The purpose of this article is to revisit the biomechanical concepts of Paul Rolland's scholarship on bowing to provide a new framework of Rolland's underlying bowing principles. First, we discuss how whole body movements help facilitate natural bowing, which can generate better tone efficiently from freedom of movement. Second, we attend to the movements of the bow arm, which can be conceptualized as the natural rotation of the arm. Third, we comment upon the concept of balance, concerning bow hold, leverage, and bow pressure while discussing the particulars of finger placement, its function in bowing, and balance and leverage in the bow arm. The concepts of whole body, movement, and balance should be considered in variable conditions considering the relationship between body parts and the whole. Also, the three biomechanical concepts are not independent or self-sufficient but correlated ideas. Not only do these ideas help with the acquisition of technical skills, but they also pave the way for a pleasing and natural tone quality as well as enhanced musical expression.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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