Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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What you’ll do today: Waves exercise → open strings → scales → Hubert Léonard etude → applying “waves” directly to repertoire.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Roadmap of the session
05:03 Sound tools: weight, bow speed, sounding point; stop “artificial” tweaking
08:33 Waves defined: deep hand/index indentations while bow speed stays constant
09:49 Core concept: bow–string elasticity; learn to shape oscillation, not “saw”
11:58 Sounding point proof: near-bridge supports weight; fingerboard collapses tone
12:50 Mechanics: arm glides evenly; avoid frog; use balance-point awareness
15:15 Open strings drill: 4 then 6 per bow; long bite, quick release
17:32 Practice philosophy: exaggerate to find limits; live on edge of failure
20:09 Safety check: expect soreness; stop for pain; rest and reset
21:08 Variation: fast bow with fewer waves; watch for wide string vibration
23:33 Integration test: one bow waves, one bow pure sustain; troubleshoot momentum
26:27 Why it transfers: bigger sound palette; warms hand; boosts articulations
27:28 Portato? avoid bow-speed bumps; waves build true legato tension
34:33 Vocabulary cleanup: force exists; avoid gripping; “more sound = more release”
37:15 Léonard etude: start 4-per-bow; later 8/16; add controlled dynamics
40:36 Advanced shaping: hairpins via overall speed/weight, not micro-accelerations
41:56 Relaxed ≠ weak: build finger strength for real-time tone control
46:42 Repertoire uses: Bloch/Mendelssohn/Beethoven/Rachmaninoff as “big waves”
58:18 Mozart: subtler waves; slow exaggeration reveals release-based expressivity
01:02:05 French-school model: down-bow “pull,” up-bow “push,” manage friction