Here are the 3 most common bow arm bad habits that I see in adult beginners and the 3 exercises I would use to start correcting them. Personally, I struggled with all 3 of these earlier on in my journey (actually in the exact order that they are presented in this video).

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Billy Tobenkin is a Los Angeles-based cellist who specializes in teaching adult learners. As a professional cellist who started playing the cello from scratch at 25, he is in a unique position to help others, like him, who found the cello later in life. He has developed strategies from his own musical journey to accelerate the learning process, and he is here to share them with you.

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00:00 Intro
1:37 Too little bow, "hot soup"
5:29 Too fast, too furious
9:09 One size fits all