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It's probably got something to do with my inexperience but I'm finding that, at times, if things are going less than good during my practice, if I change to a different bow things can seem to improve.
The bows that I switch between are a FM CF bow, a snake wood baroque bow, and a FM CF viola bow.
They are all somewhat different in weight and length.
The baroque bow is the shortest and lightest and has a narrower 'hair' than the others.
The viola bow is the longest and heaviest of the three.
And the FM violin bow is....... a violin bow.
As far as I know, experienced violinists have a favourite bow and just use that one.
Thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated 
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Maybe when you change bows, you scrutinize the change, and listen better and pay attention better and therefore play better.
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Could be right RU
But I think that the weight must be playing a part as well.
It could be a combination of the weight along with the amount of rosen on both the bow and the strings at a particular time. The amount of rosen in both cases would be a variable from session to session.
I'm sure the issue will go away as I become more experienced.
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I find that playing on a heavy (150g) wooden bow allows smoother bowing on long legato passages - per your suggestion on the chatbox, Ferret.
and yeah, maybe it's just me. Maybe it's true for everyone. Or maybe I haven't been playing with that bow for awhile xD. Who knows.
@ ButteryStuffs: 150g, you're playing with a log. That's more than 2x heavier than FM's heaviest Carbon Fiber bow.
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Yes @ButteryStuffs
That 'is' heavy
The weights of mine are:
FM CF viola 69 grams
FM CF violin 61 grams
Baroque snake wood 57 grams
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@ ButteryStuffs: 150g, you're playing with a log. That's more than 2x heavier than FM's heaviest Carbon Fiber bow.YIKES
Meh. I think it works well with long drawn out passages and col legno... what can go wrong, really xD (oh and btw it's $40)
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