Hi Ed— about the movie, I will have to observe and listen carefully the next time I'm watching a movie!
About the bowing and breathing, as a flutist, I often demonstrate phrasing and BLOWING issues with a "bow" as its movement is visible, while air is invisible. I'm delighted to know a violinist who demonstrates "vice-versa". In Portuguese (I live in Lisbon), the words for air and bow ("ar" and "arco") are very similar as well.
I enjoy your articles a lot (my mom didn't want to hear bad violin playing when I was young, so here I am, a flutist! But the bow going across the string…will never lose my infatuation!).
Hi Ed— about the movie, I will have to observe and listen carefully the next time I'm watching a movie!
About the bowing and breathing, as a flutist, I often demonstrate phrasing and BLOWING issues with a "bow" as its movement is visible, while air is invisible. I'm delighted to know a violinist who demonstrates "vice-versa". In Portuguese (I live in Lisbon), the words for air and bow ("ar" and "arco") are very similar as well.
I enjoy your articles a lot (my mom didn't want to hear bad violin playing when I was young, so here I am, a flutist! But the bow going across the string…will never lose my infatuation!).
Cheers, Katharine