At 1:03 PM -0500 12/13/10, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
I indicate the phrasing, but not bow direction unless I'm interested in a specific sound (such as a series of up bows at the tip). I leave the actual bowing to the performer or section leader -- who will often change the phrasing anyway. I never get psychologically invested in bowing as I was once a string player and know the little one-upship that comes with it!
In that case I withdraw my objection. Some non-string players think that bowings only involve the up- and down-bow markings. That's part of it, but slurs are really much more important. SLURS are phrasing, with the arrangement of ups and downs assisting them. Top notch players then get into esoteric bow spacings, and those WILL differ, but I've never thought of it as one-upsmanship. It's just different interpretations.
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