This violin lesson (fiddle) focuses on how to set up your two middle fingers or “Huggers” of bow hand. www.freeaudacitytutorial.com http www.andrewmercer.ca Please subscribe to keep track of new violin (fiddle) lessons. We take a careful approach to setting up your right hand and all its fingers to ensure that you get the best sound possible from your violin (fiddle). The right hand needs to stay relaxed. The right hand needs to stay relaxed. That is very important in producing a beautiful sound or tone from your violin (fiddle). At every step of setting up your right hand, be sure to keep your mussels relaxed. Remember that the bow is not heavy so only use just enough effort to hold it and no more. To start making a good bow hand we first make ‘bunny ears’ with our right hand. This is a good way to visualize the role and posture of each finger. Make two bunny teeth with your middle and ring fingers and place your thumb behind the first knuckle of the two fingers. Be sure to keep the thumb bent. Your index and pinky fingers will be the bunny ears. Cute! Get a pencil. We will use a pencil instead of a bow for now as the pencil is much lighter than your bow. When you are ready, place the pencil inside the bunny’s mouth as we do in the video. Make sure that the thumb contacts the pencil on the thumb’s tip as it is in the video. If you are at school or work and want to practice your bow hold, take out a pencil and hold it as if you were holding a bow. The longer your fingers …