The Baroque Bow, part 1: What is a 17th century violin bow and how do I hold it?

In this video Claire uses paintings from the Baroque era to explore what baroque violin bows were like in the 17th century and how they were held. This video includes: looking at paintings demonstrating the french bow grip showing the advantages of having a light 17th century bow. quoatations from 17th century treatises about bow holds The Biber track at the beginning and end of this video comes from 'Flights of Fantasy; Early Italian Chamber Music' which is available via www.linnrecords.com H.I.F. von Biber: Harmonia Artificiosa Partia VI for more iconography: Traditions of Baroque Violin Playing (baroque-violin.info) Further reading about baroque playing: Judy Tarling 'Baroque String Playing - for ingenious learners' irishbaroqueorchestra.com claireduffviolin.com