The rings
The thumb and middle finger make two rings round the bow and move backwards and forwards touching each other in the middle; this gets the right hand position, as it should be when the child is sitting with the instrument.
The rings
The scales
The teacher must keep an eye on the flexibility of the child’s thumb and the arm muscles from the very beginning.
the real bow (with the thumb under the frog)
The scales
This is the part of the bow that must always be used, straight from the first lesson.
