Following is a transcription of the video. Narrator: In 2017, a single violin bow sold at auction for $690,000. You can buy a beginner's bow for less than $50, but a top-rate professional bow can ...

Choosing the right violin bow is now different. Factors such as comfort, responsiveness and enhancement of the personal playing experience are absolutely essential. Why spend all the time and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Holding a violin, using a bow and plucking strings are some of the basic foundational skills when ...

The Violin Alone is available to stream on pbs.org ... and timpani, and must move his bow towards the bridge in an exact position to capture crisp brass punch of a trumpet fanfare.

The case also contain three violin bows – a Morizot - Frères, a Dodd bow with a mother of pearl tip, and a carbon fibre bow – and the violin itself has a very distinctive hole in the shape of a heart ...

Every violin is made up of certain parts including pegs to hold the strings, a bridge to rest the strings on, a fingerboard, on which a player puts his or her fingertips, and sometimes a chin rest to ...

Playing a stringed instrument such as the violin, viola, cello or bass is endlessly demanding. You make progress on ...

Stefan Jackiw's £24,000 ($30,000) violin bow broke during a Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra concert. The violin can be heard on Concerning Hobbits, the second track of The Fellowship of the Ring.