How does one notate the bowing when one (long) note is to be played with downbow and upbow, switching halfway through the note without an audible break? For example, let`s say we have a whole note followed by four quarter notes. The whole note is to be started downbow with a switch to upbow halfway through, so that the quarter notes can then be played down-up-down-up.

I have thought of two ways that this could be notated, but I`m not sure which is correct: (1) Write the whole note as two half notes tied together so the upbow mark can be placed over the second half note, or (2) Write just a whole note, but place a downbow mark at the beginning of the bar and an upbow mark in the middle of the bar (but not directly over a note).

I`m sure there must be a standard way to notate the bowing in such situations, but I cannot find this addressed in any of the references I`ve checked.

i remember that was my problem,im going up bow with a whole not ,as soon as u get to the tip ,just flip down in like a mille second lol

If you really want to not that, what I would do is hook 2 quarters and give them the bowing. And if you don`t want a break, just keep it smooth. You won`t have the break if you don`t play it.

Oops. In my reply, I put quarter. I meant half. I though you were talking about a half not and not a whole.

To play more notes in one stroke, practice playing lots of numerous notes in one up or down bow stroke moving the bow very slowely and putting less preasure on the strings.