• Whole bow on the half-note • Localize the quarters at either the upper or lower “polar regions” • Good opportunity to recheck bow straightness at the tip and frog • Rebalance finger leverage to compensate for light bow at tip & heavy bow at frog. • Careful execution should result in very even tone and dynamic • With faster tempos, overall length will diminish, but relativitywill remain • Common mistake: using same distance on quarters as halves