Left hand woes.....right hand Goes !

June 11, 2006 at 1:16 AM

After almost 4 years at this.....I'm still working on my "hold" if you call it that. I have to say that about 50-60% of my attention while I'm playing...is on how my left hand is holding or resting that neck. I'm always "fiddling" around trying to find a more comfortable/usable hold that will allow me to move my fingers along the strings freely and properly...AND....enable me to "vibrato"...(dang..still can't get that right !)Maybe if I had a decent shoulder rest it might help (grumble) I can't help but think how far I can go once I get to a place where I don't have to think about that anymore.

Needless to say, having so much attention spent on that one thing, sure takes away from the rest of my playing. I don't seem to have as much trouble with my bowing though...that's EASY !....so that's a plus!

I must say though...that all of this effort has given me the muscle back in my arms that I had about 20 years ago ! Lol....I was stretching the other day and noticed a knot in my arms...it was my biscepts !! I also have a killer grip with my left hand. SWEET ! :-D

Anyway.....I can't wait to get that technical stuff down so that I can concentrate more on the music, intonation and accents and the like. I want to just close my eyes and let the music flow through me and out the violin....and Lord willing, I'll GET there !!

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