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Learn what Bow like a Pro can do for your playing
Lost in the violin technique and miss the feels?
There's beautiful music inside you waiting to be expressed. I'll help:
Is this you?
Your bowing technique is behind your general playing level
Your playing can't capture your feeling for the music
Your teacher is great, but can't help you any further with this
“Violin playing is 80% bow technique.”
— Ivan Galamian, teacher of Itzhak Perlman
Sure, anyone can get you to play 'correctly', but what you want is to play passionately!
Introducing
Bow like a Pro
Sound
Learn the mechanics of a professional sound, how your violin produces tone and how to influence it.
Bowing
Get control over your bow and learn new techniques, so you know exactly how to play the music you love.
Feeling
'Pour your heart into it' sounds a lot easier than it is. We'll give you the tools of expression.
Your Teachers
Zlata Brouwer
The Bowing Coach
As a girl of 7 Zlata was enchanted by the violin and thought it magic how her teachers produced such a beautiful tone. Since then it became her quest to learn exactly how that works, so she could teach others. Her thesis on bow hold earned her a 9 at the Utrecht Conservatory. Also she successfully graduated as a classical violinist at the Schumann Akademie. Zlata discovered that teaching online, her students can access materials and request feedback 24/7 while she can focus on developing the best bowing curriculum out there.
Vivien Hoffman
Concert Violinist & Master Teacher
Vivien is a rare gem: an international concert violinist with a pure and romantic interpretation style, who knows how to break everything she learned from great masters down into easy to understand lessons and step by step exercises. Vivien sets herself apart and makes a distinct mark in the music world by an immense versatility. Besides a highly successful international career as a concert violinist she is also an extremely sought after teacher.
What's Inside
Learn to play the violin with feeling at home and in your own time!
Curriculum
Bow like a Pro consists of 5 modules that cover EVERYTHING about violin bowing technique, tone production and expression
Master the Basics of Bowing
Motor skill exercises, bow hold, bow smoothly, bow straight, whole bow, string crossings.
- Perfecting your bow hold and making it soft and flexible
- Learn to make fluent motions and smooth string changes
- Master the whole bow with good tone on every part
- Controlled string crossings in any speed
Create a Beautiful Tone
Learn the secrets to a professional sound and the 8 factors that control how you sound.
- Beautiful sound with core
- 5 Contact Points on the string
- 5 ways to play loud and soft
- Balance between 8 factors of tone
Unveil the Spiccato Secrets
Learn how to create a controlled spiccato in any speed with beautiful sound.
- Crystal clear exercises and practice instructions
- The spiccato schedule and metronome game
- Flexible spiccato you can adjust to any piece
Learn ALL 24+ Bowing Techniques
From détaché to ricochet, master every technique with instruction videos and repertoire examples.
- Instruction videos for each technique
- Etudes and exercises to master each one
- Repertoire examples on different levels
Play the Violin with Feeling
Go from playing note for note to telling a musical story.
- Automate your left hand for more freedom
- 22 rules of up-bow or down-bow
- 6 rules of bow division
- Express emotions through music
Time Sensitive Bonuses
Grab them before I change my mind!
Bowing and Rhythm
Learn how bowing relates to rhythm for solid bow division from the start.
Refine your Basics
Continuously improve your bow control and fluency for easier advanced techniques.
Ricci Bowing
Traditional bowing technique like Ruggiero Ricci and golden age virtuosos.
Tone and Intonation
Learn the relation between sound and intonation and improve both at once.
Etudes for Sound
Study four etudes in depth to apply tone production in a musical context.
Bow like a Fiddle Pro!
Learn bowing styles of fiddle, jazz, blues and country music from Bronwen Beecher.
500+ Pages of Sheet Music
Zlata's Music Library with hundreds of pages of sheet music and exercises.
Lessons with Antal Zalai
Concert violinist sharing insights on phrasing and interpretation.
Lessons with Anastasiia Mazurok
Juilliard grad sharing advanced techniques and musicality tips.
This could be you:
“I saw a perfect bowing coming from me unconsciously. My teacher was amazed! – Emanuel”
“In the past the tension ruined my performance, but with these techniques I played in front of everyone in my church with a good tone. – Rachel”
“You taught me to make beautiful music with confidence. – Linda”
“The difference was immediate and dramatic. My bow finally does what I want. – Steve”
Bow like a Pro works!
Here's proof:
“I've been playing the violin almost for 15 years, but there has always been missing points in my bowing technique. I feel so lucky that I've encountered your course, because I've been in this program for almost six weeks, and the change is enormous! Although I've only finished 'bowing smoothly', I'm really surprised how more relaxed my bow arm is. I'm practicing your videos very slowly (but every day), and I go to the next step when I'm really satisfied with the course I take. I understand that practice makes permanence, and I want to gain permanence in the right way.”
Eylem
Doctor in Family Medicine • Turkey
“My luthier said: what a great teacher I must have to play like that after only 18 months. When I told him that I get online lessons, he wouldn't believe me. He thought that an instrument like the violin could never be taught online. Impossible! Well, I think we corrected his world today…”
Sabine Golinkski
Germany
“My first big accomplishment was the first day when I stopped the choking sound. Now I have a beautiful resonating sound coming from my violin! After 10 weeks my bowing has improved so much that it does not even sound like the same person playing! The smooth bowing exercises greatly improved my bow technique. It just feels like everything is falling into place.”
Student
USA
“Bow like a Pro has been really exceptional for me, because now I've got a place where I can go and learn exactly what to do and how to do it. It's like a bowing mall with literally everything about violin bow technique right at your fingertips.”
Kenneth Gill
USA
“I never was satisfied with having once a week in person lessons. One 30 minute lesson a week, and then you are on your own. Also, it seemed the teachers were used to teaching kids and not adults. I found that on-line lessons were better because the lessons are available 24/7. And I can still get feedback from some of the best teachers around.”
Steve
USA
“The fee Zlata is charging is quite reasonable keeping in mind that after full payment, you have all the study material which you can go and check out again ever so often and new material gets often added to the existing Bow Like A Pro for instance and that is just so great!”
Eugenie van Zyl
Canada
Let's sum it up
Learn at your own pace. Bow like a Pro comes with lifetime access.
Total Value
$ 3,400+
Actually it's worth a lot more as you'll save yourself a lifetime of struggling, finally learn to play the violin beautifully and use the violin as the voice of your soul.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you can sound beautiful!
Just imagine how it would be like if the violin technique doesn't hold you back and you can pour your heart into your playing.
Need help or have questions?
Zlata is happy to answer and help you make the best choice for you!
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