Table 5.
Imagery and violin techniques employed by each student.
| Student | Imagery | Techniques | Student | Imagery | Techniques |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat | Legato, longer bows | 2 | Happy | Smooth, even bow strokes (detaché), bowing midway between bridge and fingerboard |
| Dog | Short loud bow strokes (martelé), bowing midway between bridge and fingerboard, forte | Neutral | Bowing towards fingerboard (sul tasto), piano | ||
| Happy | Stable sound, bowing midway between bridge and fingerboard | Angry | Short, loud martelé bow strokes, middle of bow | ||
| Hare | Heavy, slow, short spiccato bow strokes, middle of bow | Sleepy | Slow tempo, bowing over fingerboard (sul tasto) | ||
| Heart | Smooth bow changes, slurred notes | Shock | Short strokes, all up-bows | ||
| 3 | Sleepy | Slow tempo, bowing over the fingerboard (sul tasto), piano | 4 | Emoji with sunglasses | Bowing on the bridge (sul ponticello) |
| Shock | Bowing over the bridge (sul ponticello) | Happy | Musical work transposed a 5th down | ||
| Scared | Tremolo, sul ponticello | Angry | Short, loud martelé strokes, middle of bow | ||
| Happy | Stable, focussed sound | Sad | Slow tempo, played near the point of bow, piano | ||
| Sad | Played a 5th down, slower | Asleep | Bowing over fingerboard (sul tasto) | ||
| 5 | Light | Tremolo bowing, towards the bridge | 6 | Thinking | Slow bows, towards the fingerboard |
| Scared | Slow, short bow strokes, slow tempo | Tongue out | Upwards glissandi | ||
| Dark | Notes played on lower strings | Emoji with dollar signs in eyes | Stable sound, bowing midpoint between bridge and fingerboard | ||
| Cold | Tremolo on the bridge (sul ponticello) | Pizza | Pizzicato | ||
| Hot | Heavy bow strokes (detaché) | Ice Cream | Stable, smooth sound, bowing midpoint between bridge and fingerboard | ||
| 7 | Thinking with glasses | Accurate bow distribution and intonation | 8 | Ghost | Fast, floating bow, over fingerboard (sul tasto) |
| Long nose | Irregular pulse | Skull | Playing above string with the bow | ||
| Night time | Smooth sound, all notes in slurs | Pixelated Minecraft Character | Short, heavy bow strokes (martelé) | ||
| Sleepy | Medium fast bow strokes (sul tasto) | Neutral Emotion | Gentle sound over the fingerboard (sul tasto) | ||
| Fire | Fast, long, bow strokes, towards the fingerboard | Emoji with hearts in eyes | Glissandi upwards between each note | ||
| 9 | Surprise | Tremolo | |||
| Angry | Short bow strokes, all downbows | ||||
| Crying | Glissandi downwards after each note | ||||
| Emoji with sun hat | Slow vibrato with left hand | ||||
| Dog | Fast, long bow strokes | ||||