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Bibliography Barber, Barbara. 2010. Barbara Barber: Good Spiccato Starts in the Bow Hand . December 16. Accessed October 4, 2022. https://www.violinist.com/blog/ laurie/201012/11903/. Dalton, David. 1988. Playing the Viola: Conversations with William Primrose. New York: Oxford University Press. Flavin, Scott. 2022. Developing Structure and Flexibility in Your Bow Hold. September 14. Accessed October 4, 2022. https://stringsmagazine.com/developing structure-and- flexibility-in-your-bow-hold/. Galamian, Ivan. 1985. Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching. London: Prentice Hall. Klopcic, Rok. 2021. “Spiccato and sautillé - two important bow strokes which are often confused.” www.thestrad.com. November 11. Accessed October 4, 2022. https://www.thestrad.com/improve-your-playing/ spiccato-and-sautille-two-important- bow-strokes-which are-often-confused/13970.article. McCarty, Patricia. 2001. “Orchestral Training Forum: Developing Spiccato for All Occasions.” Journal of the American Viola Society, Vol. 17, No. 3 5 pages.

Conclusion The mechanics of bouncing strokes can be a mystery. I hope that this discussion will help violists demystify their use of brush, spiccato, and sautillé bow strokes. The key is to visualize the shape your bow-hand’s wrist must make to execute the stroke desired. Knowing when to perform a stroke—and where—will bring clarity to a player’s greater bow technique as well. The point of this article is to help violists prepare brush, spiccato and sautillé bow strokes, separately; then on a continuum, gradually progressing from one stroke to the next smoothly. The interspersion of different strokes and articulations within a bouncing stroke passage is not covered in this article, though it would be a fine topic for a companion piece of prose. Happy practicing, everyone!!

Footnotes: 1 Niles, 2010.

2 Ivan Galamian, 1985. 3 Patricia McCarty, 2001.

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