One bow stroke per note is a good way to start. Even that way you can run out of bow on the long notes and have to plan ahead for them so that you start them on one end of the bow.
More notes per bow stroke can come later, it is where I am at now, theoretically.
Whatever you watched on Youtube the people were probably not using the kind of sheet music which has bowing directions on it.
If I use sheet music without bowing directions, then I work out something that works for me at my present playing level.
Whatever works, ultimately.
Good luck playing fiddle, if you can pick one up and play that well already, you have the knack.
I do need to practice the transitions from G to open A like you say. I've been taking lessons the past month or so, and my teacher had me doing scales with all 4 fingers, so I've been playing the note with my pinky instead of the next higher open string, which is a way around it. I've been playing scales, in a variety of ways, and I started playing them with a metronome, so I figure eventually it'll sound better.
My teacher has put bowing marks on the sheet music for a tune I'm learning, I figure once I get a few bowing tools in my toolbox, I can adapt to different situations but I need to learn a lot more.
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More notes per bow stroke can come later, it is where I am at now, theoretically.
Whatever you watched on Youtube the people were probably not using the kind of sheet music which has bowing directions on it.
If I use sheet music without bowing directions, then I work out something that works for me at my present playing level.
Whatever works, ultimately.
Good luck playing fiddle, if you can pick one up and play that well already, you have the knack.
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My teacher has put bowing marks on the sheet music for a tune I'm learning, I figure once I get a few bowing tools in my toolbox, I can adapt to different situations but I need to learn a lot more.
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