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Historical bow technique for rapid articulation in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries (2019)

Takuto Takagishi
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Not much has been studied on bow technique for rapid articulation in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This is due to the fact that we lack sufficient material about bow strokes during the period, and the corresponding musical style and the types of bows changed drastically. In this exposition, I examine methods for playing rapid articulation by investigating treatises, etudes of the period, and prior research. My analysis of bow techniques will include experimentally playing rapid notes in at least six different ways, and I have recorded each execution. Their proper use depends on tempo, dynamics, character, and articulation. Natural bow bouncing and bouncing bow stroke (spiccato) require different techniques, and they make correspondingly different sounds. Spiccato was employed mainly for showing virtuosity and expressing particular emotion in solo pieces, but it is rarely used in orchestra or ensemble repertoire. The pre-Tourte-model bows were not ideally suited to for playing at the point of the bow. Martelé on the upper half of the bow was gradually used from the last decade of eighteenth-century with Tourte-model bows. The benefits of using martelé include gaining evenness of tone, and playing with a low-positioned right arm helps the execution of martelé. The bowstroke for rapid articulation should be decided eventually as demands of music based on these matters.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsrapid notes, bowing technique, baroque, violin
date08/12/2017
published01/10/2019
last modified01/10/2019
statuslimited publication
share statusprivate
copyrightTakuto Takagishi
licenseAll rights reserved
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/412526/563670
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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