Learning the Cello - Developing a bow hold

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Bow fingers and Sensitivity - "Feeling Awareness" - finger flexing   

 Learning how to hold the bow is one thing, but being able to manipulate it, doing bow exercises like finger flexing, without it constantly slipping out from under your fingers takes patience and many tries.

Many students wonder about where the thumb should touch the bow. It is very important to find a spot where the thumb can rotate at a pivot point which is usually the side of the tip as shown here in this video.