D'Addario Natural Rosin, Dark

Rosin is one of those tiny orchestral accessories doing an enormous amount of work behind the scenes. Without enough grip between bow hair and string, your magnificent sweeping phrase can rapidly turn into a rather apologetic whisper. D'Addario Natural Rosin in Dark is designed to provide that grip in a straightforward, affordable and very case-friendly package.

D'Addario makes its Natural Rosin using all-natural ingredients, with the Dark formula offering more grip than the Light version. It's a slightly softer, stickier formulation with a lower melting point, making it particularly useful when you want the bow to grab the string confidently and get it vibrating quickly.

That extra grip makes Dark rosin especially appealing for viola and cello, where thicker strings can benefit from a little more bite beneath the bow. It can also be used for violin depending on the player's instrument, technique and personal preference – rosin choice is ultimately about finding the response that works beneath your bow rather than blindly following the colour of the cake.

D'Addario has also thought about the decidedly unglamorous business of actually holding the stuff. The rosin sits inside a plastic channel, providing an easy grip while applying it to the bow and helping keep fingers away from the rosin itself. It's compact enough to tuck neatly into an instrument case, making it particularly practical for students, lessons, rehearsals and everyday playing.

It's suitable for bows fitted with either natural horsehair or synthetic hair, and it's designed and manufactured at D'Addario's facility in New York.

One final tip from the orchestral corner of Musicmaker: more rosin isn't necessarily more better. A few sensible passes are generally preferable to producing a small weather system of rosin dust every time the bow touches the strings.

Features

• D'Addario Natural Rosin – Dark

• Dark formulation provides more grip than D'Addario Natural Light Rosin

• Slightly softer, stickier formulation

• Lower melting point helps provide confident bow-to-string grip

• Particularly well suited to viola and cello

• Can also be used with violin according to player preference and requirements

• Helps create the friction required between bow hair and strings

• Encourages a responsive, confident bow attack

• Made using all-natural ingredients

• Suitable for horsehair bows

• Also suitable for synthetic bow hair

• Unique plastic channel

• Plastic holder provides an easy, secure grip during application

• Particularly convenient for students and developing players

• Compact design fits neatly into instrument cases

• Great for lessons, rehearsals, orchestral playing and home practice

• Available in Light and Dark formulations

• Designed and manufactured at D'Addario's New York facility

• Made in the USA