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Many cellists chase intensity by pressing harder, when the real lever is bow speed and where the bow sits on the string.
In this lesson preview from The Art of the Bow, Astrid Schween demonstrates a hairpin exercise adapted from Galamian and introduces her five-track system for thinking about sound points.
You'll see how the same crescendo, played in different tracks at the same metronome marking, produces entirely different colors.
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