The Slice
Learn what Bowing is in Music!
1/26/2022 | 1m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
We're back with the DSSO in this edition of The Slice, this time learning about bowing!
We're back with the DSSO in this edition of The Slice, this time learning about bowing! Bowing? You know, the bow that string players use? Music Librarian, and string player, Kristin Sande helps us understand how an orchestra's string section knows which way to play
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The Slice
Learn what Bowing is in Music!
1/26/2022 | 1m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
We're back with the DSSO in this edition of The Slice, this time learning about bowing! Bowing? You know, the bow that string players use? Music Librarian, and string player, Kristin Sande helps us understand how an orchestra's string section knows which way to play
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipSo we mark bowings in the string parts so that everyone is playing with their bow going in the same direction.
It just looks better when everyone's bow is going in the same direction.
It sounds much more together and cohesive when everyone is doing the same motions at the same time.
So it really is about like sound and expression being together as a section.
So bowings are kind of like a constant part of my job.
It can take time.
I think the first piece I had to bow was Mahler five, and each part is about 40 pages long.
I want to say that took me like over an hour.
For each part, each conductor is going to have their own kind of interpretation of how they want a piece of music to sound.
The concertmaster collaborates with the conductor to get to know what style they're looking for, and then she will sit down and put the bowings in her part in a way that she hopes will kind of bring the conductor's vision to life.
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