Master the Bow
boost your bowing technique with Ševčík’s opus 3
Master the Bow
boost your bowing technique with Ševčík’s opus 3
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Ševčík’s opus 3 40 variations is the best book to improve your bowing technique on the violin
You might have heard about it or even used it a lot, but most violinist don’t even scratch the surface when they study these variations.
“The more you learn, understand and know about bow technique, the more free you are to express yourself in music on the violin.”
– Vivien Hoffman, concert violinists and your Master the Bow instructor
In this course Vivien demonstrates each variation and gives you extensive instructions on each of them.
The video lessons are so in depth, that you will get to know Ševčík’s opus 3 in a whole new way. You will learn how to practice them to continuously improve your bowing.
You can go over and over these variations and learn new things all the time, while becoming a better violinist
Improve your bow control, sound and learn different bowing techniques
to express yourself in music
Beginner(ish) can already start the first variations, while even professional violinist can find new depths. This course will benefit all levels.
MASTER THE BOW INCLUDES
100+ Streaming videos (16+ hours)
performances and extensive in depth tutorials on each of the variations to help you practice them the right way and get you the fastest progress and best results
40 PDF Practice plans
to highlight the key learning points and help you remember them during your practice session without you having to go back to the videos
Piano accompaniments
practice the variations with our piano accompaniment tracks you can play at any speed for more fun and better results
Sheet music
downloadable PDF sheet music of Ševčík’s 40 variations
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learn at your own pace and benefit from this course throughout your whole violin journey (included in all plans)
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Bowing techniques
you learn in this course
The variations start relatively simple and become more and more difficult towards the end of the book.
- Theme: Smooth legato and dynamics
- Variation 1: Bowing at the frog
- Variation 2: Spiccato
- Variation 3: Dropping the bow
- Variation 4: Bowing at the frog
- Variation 5: High bow speed
- Variation 6: Detaché and spiccato
- Variation 7: Whole bow and dynamics
- Variation 8: Detaché and spiccato at the frog
- Variation 9: Bow division
- Variation 10: Spiccato and slurs
- Variation 11: Bow division, spiccato and fast detaché
- Variation 12: Bow division with the whole bow
- Variation 13: Spiccato in string crossings
- Variation 14: Flying spiccato
- Variation 15: Jeté and spiccato
- Variation 16: Sautillé
- Variation 17: Sautillé and up bow strikes
- Variation 18: Bow control in the upper half
- Variation 19: Spiccato and slurs
- Variation 20: Ricochet and spiccato
- Variation 21: Flying staccato
- Variation 22: Spiccato in triplets
- Variation 23: Combined bowing
- Variation 24: Jeté and sautillé
- Variation 25: Down bow ricochet
- Variation 26: Up bow ricochet
- Variation 27: Sautillé in string crossings
- Variation 28: Flying staccato
- Variation 29: Spiccato and slurs
- Variation 30: Flying staccato
- Variation 31: Fast flying staccato
- Variation 32: Martelé and ricochet
- Variation 33: Flying staccato on the upper half
- Variation 34: Spiccato and string crossings in triplets
- Variation 35: Lifting and landing the bow
- Variation 36: Fast flying staccato
- Variation 37: Change rhythms in flying staccato
- Variation 38: Spiccato in triplets
- Variation 39: Arpeggios on three strings
- Variation 40: Arpeggios on four strings