Detache Bowing

Detache Bowing

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Détaché Bowing on the Violin, Viola and Cello



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General remarks on detache   |   Sheet music for practicing detache

General remarks on detache :

Detache bowing is a fundamental bowing stroke in which there is one bow per note, with equal weight on all notes, and it is usually played in the middle or upper half of the bow.

Detache is played on the string with an uninterrupted, seamless continuation of tone.

Detache consists mainly in a forearm motion with some wrist action, while the elbow remains quiet. Also, the right thumb must be slightly bent.

The bow hairs must be flat on the string, and care must be taken to play the up-bow with as much sound as the down-bow.

Detache comes in a great variety of bow lengths :


Sheet music for practicing Detache Bowing :

Composer Title Instrument Skill level Midi excerpt
Dancla Study in G Major, Opus 84, No. 1

→ Détaché to practice also with various bowing patterns
Violin Grade 2/12 : Easy Study No. 1 (midi)
Dancla Study in C Major, Opus 84, No. 2

→ Broad détaché in scale passages
Violin Grade 2/12 : Easy Study No. 2 (midi)
Dancla Study in C Major, Opus 84, No. 6

→ Détaché with a rapid ostinato rythmic pattern
Violin Grade 2/12 : Easy Study No. 6 (midi)
Dancla Study in A minor, Opus 84, No. 8

→ Détaché and chromaticism
Violin Grade 2/12 : Easy Study No. 8 (midi)
Dancla Study in G Major, Opus 84, No. 17

→ Whole bow détaché, dotted rythms and sautillé
Violin Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate Study No. 17 (midi)
Dancla Study in D Major, Opus 84, No. 18

→ delicate spiccato, broad détaché, finger action
Violin Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate Study No. 18 (midi)
Dancla Study in F Major, Opus 84, No. 31  

→ Based on Gavotte and Les Folies d'Espagne by Corelli
→ Broad détaché, rapid détaché and spiccato
Violin Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate Study No. 31 (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in C Major, Opus 45, No. 1  

→ Détaché to practice also with various bowing patterns
Violin Grade 2/12 : Easy Study No. 1 (midi)
  → transcription for viola in F Major   Viola Grade 2/12 : Easy (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in C Major, Opus 45, No. 2

→ Détaché to practice also with various bowing patterns
Violin Grade 2/12 : Easy Study No. 2 (midi)
  → transcription for viola in F Major Viola Grade 2/12 : Easy (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in G Major, Opus 45, No. 3

→ Rapid détaché in 16th-notes
Violin Grade 2/12 : Easy Study No. 3 (midi)
  → transcription for viola in C Major Viola Grade 2/12 : Easy (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in F Major, Opus 45, No. 5

→ Détaché with various bowing patterns
Violin Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate Study No. 5 (midi)
  → transcription for viola in B flat Major Viola Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in B flat Major, Opus 45, No. 7

→ Détaché with various bowing patterns
Violin Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate Study No. 7 (midi)
  → transcription for viola in E flat Major Viola Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in E flat Major, Opus 45, No. 11

→ Détaché with various bowing patterns
Violin Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate Study No. 11 (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in D Major, Opus 45, No. 14  

→ Whole bow division
→ Détaché at the tip and at the frog
→ String crossings
Violin Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate Study No. 14 (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in C minor, Opus 45, No. 19

→ Détaché in the minor mode, in the first position
Violin Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate Study No. 19 (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in F Major, Opus 45, No. 23

→ Détaché in the first position
Violin Grade 3/12 : Easy to moderate Study No. 23 (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in C Major, Opus 45, No. 31

→ Détaché in the third position
Violin Grade 4/12 : Moderate Study No. 31 (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in D Major, Opus 45, No. 34  

→ Détaché in the first and third positions
Violin Grade 4/12 : Moderate Study No. 34 (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in D Major, Opus 45, No. 36

→ Détaché in the first and third positions
Violin Grade 4/12 : Moderate Study No. 36 (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in B flat Major, Opus 45, No. 38

→ Détaché and mixed bowings in the first and third positions
Violin Grade 5/12 : Moderate + Study No. 38 (midi)
Wohlfahrt Study in C minor, Opus 45, No. 49

→ Détaché and mixed bowings in the first three positions
Violin Grade 4/12 : Moderate Study No. 49 (midi)



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