Orchestral Bowing -- Style and Function: Workbook

Excellent overview of both the physics and musical styles and techniques of bowing. The bow is the most important aspect of string playing and this book details how to improve your sound with respect to proper sounding points, playing near the bridge or the fingerboard, bow speed, pressure etc. The title is unfortunate since it is not merely a book for orchestral musicians.

I am an orchestrator/composer/arranger for film and commercial music, and this book has assisted me in many ways. The best part of this book is that it maps out the information for teachers and students. Everything is very simple to understand. Diagrams/text are clear and concise, and the pages are easy to reference later on. Everything from the physics of string vibration, from phrasing/bowings, to pizzicato is covered. This is the one book you should get if you are interested in writing/teaching/learning strings.

Paired with instructional book, gives new bowing exercises for some of my students who need fresh material to help improve their technique.

Paired with Workbook, gives me new bowing exercises for some of my students who need fresh material to help improve their technique.

Awesome book. Great for beginning to more advanced musicians and for anyone looking to understand the concepts of orchestral bowing. I am learning a lot from this book!

Awesome book. Great for beginning to more advanced musicians and for anyone looking to understand the concepts of orchestral bowing. I am learning a lot from this book!

Very useful

Good book so far...

I came across this book online and it seemed to be a fantastic resource; which led me to buy this. However, it turns out that this is supposed to be a two-part resource: textbook with supplementary workbook. This is just a workbook with a bunch of bowing exercises (I've already got a ton of those). Pointless without the textbook! Hopefully, I will indeed get my money back - we'll see.