How do you rosin your bow?

ruby

I may not be the best person to answer as I probably rosin my bow less than anyone I have ever encountered (maybe once for every 10-20 hours played, whereas most rosin up every time they pull their instrument out). I really don't think it matters how the rosin is applied, just try to get a nice dusting evenly distributed. I personally use kind of teh 6 inch back andforth method starting at the frog and working toward the tip, then wipe the bow on a rag to smooth it out and remove excess rosin - but remember I don't use much, have never needed it, yet I do get a very large soloist quality tone, (I play both chamber music and concertmaster an orchestra). I find too much rosin actually hampers tone production, you want the bow to stimulate vibration but never hamper it,which I think can happen if it is too sticky.