Enchanté! [ He says this with a smile, but it's hard to tease out whether he's actually happy to meet her, or simply enjoys having a captive audience. ]
Now! Holding one's bow is a similarly tricky matter. Your grip should be ginger. Delicate! Like you might drop the thing were it not resting across the strings. Your hand must remain flexible, ready to move and bend.
[ Sholmes demonstrates the bent-fingered grip that barely keeps his bow aloft and pulls a long, slow note from the strings. ]
Indeed, the violin demands a unique individual: one cannot be rigid, no, a proper violinist must flow with the music--versatile and spirited! I cannot help but see the glimmer of that in you, Miss Anya.
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Now! Holding one's bow is a similarly tricky matter. Your grip should be ginger. Delicate! Like you might drop the thing were it not resting across the strings. Your hand must remain flexible, ready to move and bend.
[ Sholmes demonstrates the bent-fingered grip that barely keeps his bow aloft and pulls a long, slow note from the strings. ]
Indeed, the violin demands a unique individual: one cannot be rigid, no, a proper violinist must flow with the music--versatile and spirited! I cannot help but see the glimmer of that in you, Miss Anya.