The art of bowing.

[Richard Prowse]

I'm playing in a gypsy jazz band which is turning out to be quite a bit of fun. When I get to solo, one guitarist continues to play "la pompe". I like playing over this, but sometimes he gets a little loud for my pizz. I normally (not always) play arco solos. When I play in the top half of my range, people in the audience often say that it sounds like a violin (okay, they're probably not thinking too much and mean 'something similar to a cello or violin'). This is a fun way to play and is quite liberating! It's like having two instruments! The double bass certainly is the king of instruments!

[Richard Prowse]

I know that this is probably a silly (or well worn) topic but I'd really be interested on how people bow this 1st prelude. I learnt it 8 notes to the bow (I'm talking about the first half really for this bowing) and know that 'slur two 6 single' is probably popular. I tend to work a bit in isolation on these things and wondered if there was a sort of 'standard way' of bowing the prelude that lots of players use.