Tone and Articulation

Tone and Articulation

1. Components

   • Tone
     • Volume
   • Rhythm
     • Pitch

2. The Instrument

   • Good tone begins with a good instrument
   • In school districts, pay attention to purchases of intruments
   • Stay away from cheap

3. Teaching tone through modeling

   • Uniquely aural
   • Qualities of good tone
     • Controlled Bow angle
       • Weight
       • Speed
       • Contact point
       • Keeping even tone throughout bow
   • Best to show children through modeling
     • Visual and Auditory learners
       • They strive to imitate

4. Short, Basic Bow Stroke

   • Tone production warmups = lead into rehearsals
     • Gets kids warmed up and sounding great
   • The Call -and-Response Strategy
     • Open string
     • Demonstrate how they should look and sound
     • After open string, do rote exercises
     • Use different types of bowings and rhythm

5. /_\ of Bowing Elements

   • Contact Point
     • Change timbre of the tone
   • Bow weight
     • Combined weight of bow, hand, and arm weight
       • Increased bow weight = louder sound
   • Bow speed
     • Create the best tone quality

6. Teaching Articulation

   • Begin with slurs and staccato then different varieties
   • Many stylistic differences
     • Baroque
       • Classiclal
         • Romantic
     • Music is largely defined by different articulation used