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Front 1

buddy bowing

Back 1

parallel bowing

Front 2

lanes

Back 2

parallel bowing (traffic lanes) and dynamics

Front 3

letting the air out

Back 3

parallel bowing (exhale down bow, inhale upbow)

Front 4

rockin' bows

Back 4

parallel bowing (test bow on string at frog or tip

Front 5

circle bowing

Back 5

parallel bowing (bowing in a circle counterclockwise)

Front 6

bowing parts

Back 6

parallel bowing (practice bowing on lower half, middle, upper half of bow)

Front 7

statue of liberty

Back 7

Smooth direction changes (stand like statue)

Front 8

balancing and rubbing

Back 8

Smooth direction changes (play on balance point only)

Front 9

multiple flexes

Back 9

Smooth direction changes (practice flexes while bowing)

Front 10

Two handed pulls

Back 10

Smooth direction changes (use hands on both ends of bow to pull back and forth)

Front 11

give me an sws

Back 11

Dynamic production (speed, weight, sounding point)

Front 12

miles per hour

Back 12

Dynamic production (varying speed of bow)

Front 13

Pounds

Back 13

Dynamic production (varying weight of bow)

Front 14

Down equals up

Back 14

Dynamic production (downstroke is equal to upstroke, close eyes and listen)

Front 15

finger teeter totters

Back 15

String crossing (place bow on string and use hand from wrist)

Front 16

variable speed crossings

Back 16

string crossing (cross strings at diff speeds)

Front 17

variable place crossings

Back 17

string crossing (cross string at diff places)

Front 18

all the way up all the way down

Back 18

slurring multiple notes (practicing one-bow scales)

Front 19

trilling slurs

Back 19

slurring multiple notes (slur while trilling)

Front 20

Index finger pinches

Back 20

Martele (pinch bow and feel weight against string)

Front 21

all finger pinches

Back 21

Martele (pinch all 4 fingers and feel weight on string)

Front 22

pinch pull release

Back 22

Martele (bow lean, bow pull, immediate release)

Front 23

Pinch and glide

Back 23

Martele (use words to emphasize strokes)

Front 24

Pizzicato marteles

Back 24

Martele (imitate pizzicato with martele)

Front 25

Fingered martele

Back 25

Martele (scales with martele)

Front 26

Balance point rub

Back 26

Spiccato (balance point, only use fingers for slight bowing)

Front 27

to the frog we go

Back 27

Spiccato (balance point to frog, slight bowing)

Front 28

balance point bounce

Back 28

Spiccato (bounce bow at balance point

Front 29

Bouncing all the way

Back 29

Spiccato (balance point move, balance point bounce, move to frog)

Front 30

Heard but not seen

Back 30

Spiccato (small motion)

Front 31

Multiple bounces

Back 31

Spiccato (bounce each pitch 4 times)

Front 32

Crunches

Back 32

Posture (tense and release)

Front 33

String Flying

Back 33

Posture (move freely while playing)

Front 34

Breathing and playing

Back 34

Posture (focus on breathing to relax)

Front 35

Instrument buddies

Back 35

position (buddy up to watch and critique each other)

Front 36

Timing

Back 36

Position (how long till you mess up)

Front 37

doublin up

Back 37

lefthand shape (double stops)

Front 38

Add a note

Back 38

lefthand shape (descending scale one note at a time

Front 39

Tappin'

Back 39

lefthand shape (tap fingers on one string then multiple)

Front 40

anchor and slide

Back 40

lefthand shape (all fingers on one string, then keep one in place and slide others

Front 41

grow an inch

Back 41

posture (lengthen body while relaxed)

Front 42

snap

Back 42

posture (quickly stand up at any time)

Front 43

like a feather

Back 43

posture (float into chairs, no abrupt falls)

Front 44

the puppet

Back 44

posture (pull student head on a string like puppet)

Front 45

ten bounces

Back 45

posture (bounce gradually into chair)

Front 46

my bonnie

Back 46

posture (sing my bonnie lies over the ocean, sit/stand on "B")

Front 47

Cello song

Back 47

Position (sway back and forth, pluck strings)

Front 48

bear hug

Back 48

position (wrap arms around instrument at various places)

Front 49

Spread eagle

Back 49

position (from hug extend arms)

Front 50

knuckle knock

Back 50

shifting (knock with fist up and down fingerboard)

Front 51

fling pizzicato (ski jump)

Back 51

shifting (slide down fingerboard)

Front 52

rainbow

Back 52

shifting (rainbow on fingerboard with Coke hand)

Front 53

slap bass

Back 53

shifting (slap between extremes, rhythm)

Front 54

siren blob

Back 54

shifting (hand into blob shape)

Front 55

coke can

Back 55

lefthand position (grab a can)

Front 56

paper wad

Back 56

lefthand position (place a spherical object inbetween lefthand and fingerboard)

Front 57

tap 4321

Back 57

lefthand position (tap with diff fingers)

Front 58

cello/bass ok sign

Back 58

lefthand position (pluck away hand make OK sign with middle finger and thumb)

Front 59

baby clutch

Back 59

hand flex (clutch fingerboard hard, then relax)

Front 60

blob pizzicato

Back 60

hand flex (blob shape, ring the string)

Front 61

opening the blob

Back 61

hand flex (gradually widen blob)

Front 62

climber's hook

Back 62

hand flex (raise cello, student pluck with arm)

Front 63

finger lifts (do as i do)

Back 63

hand flex (all fingers curved on string, tap combinations)

Front 64

finger race

Back 64

hand flex (finger pattern in a allotted time)

Front 65

the bunny

Back 65

righthand position (thumb between 2nd 3rd finger, make buck teeth)

Front 66

bow doctor/bow diseases

Back 66

righthand position (ballerina itis, banana thumb, mountain range, orthodontist, passive, pinky, rigor mortis, slantitis)

Front 67

finger specialties

Back 67

righthand position (1st = weight, 2nd = guide, 3rd = vibration, 4th = lift)

Front 68

hand molding

Back 68

righthand position (guide the hand)

Front 69

the crane

Back 69

righthand position (dangle arm, lift arm to play, forearm and wrist to same plane as arm, thumb below 2nd finger)

Front 70

balanced bow

Back 70

bow control (balance point wiggle)

Front 71

bunny chew

Back 71

bow control (bunny chew with pencil then balance point of bow)

Front 72

spider push-up

Back 72

bow control (straight fingers into cat claw)

Front 73

bow rocket

Back 73

bow control (move bow in all ways w/ proper hold)

Front 74

tap and curve

Back 74

bow control (life each finger while holding bow, relax fingers)

Front 75

bow to string with eyes closed

Back 75

bow control (place bows on string, check to see how accurate it is)

Front 76

wet glue

Back 76

bow control (stick fingers in glue, glue to bow, still flexible, but stuck to bow)

Front 77

the oil can

Back 77

bow control (student checks another student for stiff joints, oil stiff joints)

Front 78

traditional approach

Back 78

students taught to play full legato bow strokes

Front 79

suzuki approach

Back 79

students taught to play short staccato strokes w/ lower half of bow

Front 80

Rowell approach

Back 80

circle and scooping, observing tugging and scooping ice cream out of strings with bow