Hello everyone, I've been playing for approx 10 months now and I'm having a little bit of trouble in regards to bowing and artistic slurs.

I've been trying to break my habit of always bowing tunes the way I initially learnt them. 

I've been using Brian Wiklunds American Fiddle method volume 2 and have started trying to apply the artistic slurs he discusses towards the end of the book (pg48) to the tunes I know. Things like 2 note slur patterns, 3 note slurring and 3 up 1 down etc.

I'm finding this very difficult, more difficult than learning the tunes the first time with just saw bowing and corrective slurs. I find I throw myself off extremely easily and if I'm under pressure e.g. jamming with friends, I almost always default to the bowing I initially learnt.

I'm really keen on breaking this habit so I can bow things differently without throwing myself off.

Anyway, I wanted to ask other people for their experiences relating to this problem and how you overcame it e.g. exercises that you found helpful?

Thanks.