Gingold's 5 minute bow

The late pedagogue, Josef Gingold, was famous for his demonstrations of his 5 minute bow stroke,yes,one stroke. If you can do one minute without the sound wavering, it means you have very good control of your bow arm already.

Instruments for sale

1) Stefano Scarampella,1910, for collectors only, with an appraisal from per Oveson-SGD$200,000

2) Celeste Farotti,1901, with certificate from eric Blot, good enough to be a concert violin-SGD$95,000

3) German/Czech violin labeled Johann Cuypers, late 18th century, very sweet and robust sound-SGD$18,000

4)Bow by CN Bazin, with certificate from Raffin(Paris), good playing stick-SGD-$15,000

Spiccato

Spiccato, or in french,sautille, means bouncing bow and is one of the showcase achievements of a violinist, except that most students play it wrong. Sautille means bouncing bow, and it is the bow that is bouncing, not the player controlling the bounce. When done right, the violin sings freely and when done wrongly, the instrument plays sluggishly.Some resort to swinging the wrist to mimic a bounce, but that is a pseudo-bounce.Spiccato when done right sounds like bouncing marbles. There is a way to master spiccato very quickly, in weeks instead of years, or never getting it at all-I've had my students master spiccato in as few as one lesson. The trick is to allow the bow to bounce all by itself. Call me and I'll teach you how, 90097430, of course, you need a good bow as well.