| LON-CAPA demonstration resource. Some
of the information for this resource quotes from and summarizes content in
Principles of Violin Playing by Ivan Galamian. Second Edition (1985) Prentice-Hall, Inc. New Jersey |
There are four key characteristics associated with the right hand:
While the left hand must subscribe to regimen of well-defined form, resiliency and flexibility must be the first priority for operating the right hand.
"There has to be this resiliency and springiness in the functioning of the whole arm from shoulder to finger tips or else the tone will be hard and ugly, the bowing clumsy and uncontrolled."
The requisite flexibility necessary for the right arm allows for a wide number of options for how the student executes bowing. This can be both a good and bad thing for violin playing. While the right arm has diverse possibilities for the generation of music, many a student can be found going down blind alleys as the student explores the geometrically complex possibilities.
Proper instruction and attention to the right arm is a continuous task that every violinist must pay viligant priority to.