Melodia: Basics

Good sound

Resources mentioned in the video:

• Vivien’s daily warm up exercises for the bow
• VLTV episode about creating a deep sound
• Tone and Intonation module by Vivien

Bowing straight

Here’s the silent straight bowing exercise I mention in the video. It’s the third video from the top ‘Developing the Feeling’.

Bowing straight and good practice routine

Resources I mentioned in the video:

• Module Bow Straight
• Module Whole Bow (especially take a look at the Thibaud exercise, the quarter bow exercise and the exercises by Anastasiia
• Daily warming up by Vivien
• Theme in Module 6 by Vivien (you can also play it in the first position)
• My scale book in the music library
• Soundslice course Sensational Scales to see all the steps leading up to the three and four octave scales you mentioned in your e-mail
• Also interesting: this interview I did with Vivien about getting back to practice and staying motivated