How to Master Martelé
Improve you command of this common stopped-bow stroke
The Problem
Your music needs to build intensity, make a statement, or wake up an audience, but your bowing technique is lacking.
The Solution
You need the characteristic sounds of the second category of bow strokes in which the bow stays on the string, but stops between notes. These types of strokes provide the consonant sounds that make music interesting, provide contrast to smoother, vowel sound strokes, and add clarity to passages in general.
The primary bowing in this category is the martelé.
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