Violin Lessons for Beginners

Violin Lessons for Beginners | Violin Articulation,
In the world of the violin. articulation refers to the types of up and down bowing strokes used. when playing a musical piece, or it can refer to the nature of the bowing action that used.

On this page, you will learn the key violin articulation methods used by violinists.
You may not encounter some of these techniques as you start out learning. the violin but it is useful to be aware of them for when you progress to more advanced levels.

Legato

The purpose of this bowing movement is to maintain a smooth flow. while transitioning from one note to another, thereby eliminating gaps or breaks. On the music sheet, a legato with a slur. A slur can as written over a group of notes which indicates that all the notes should play in one bowing movement.

Violin Detached

This is the normal way of bowing separated notes where the direction of the bowing changes for each note. When you have to play notes at a very high speed it is only possible to play them with half bow movements.

This type of bowing takes place when the music sheet shows no sign of a slur or legato. If you are playing in a concert the composer may state to you whether. you should play the half-bow with the point of the bow or the frog.

Staccato bowing

Violin Lessons for Beginners | Violin Articulation, This movement is very like the Detached as it involves short. separate strokes but they are shorter than the Detached. On the music sheet, the notes will mark with a character that is ‘clipped’. This indicated with a dot above or below the notehead. A Staccato should not confuse with a dot that is at the side of the notehead.

Loure bowing

This refers to separating the notes ever so while the bow is being drawn whether you are bowing up or down. this refers to a group of notes on the same pitch. This indicated by a sign called a tenuto. A tenuto is a short horizontal line below the notehead together with a slur sign.

Martele bowing

Martele means hammered. It is the fiercest form of violin articulation. Each individual note played with a fast, heavy, separate bowing stroke. This indicated with accents that look like.

Spiccato bowing

This type of bowing movement can found in passages that are fast yet light and sometimes soft. This involves bouncing the bow on the violin strings when you are playing the notes.