Is Your Body Suitable for Playing the Violin or Viola? Find Out!

Written by Zlata Brouwer
Published: November 20, 2013 at 1:18 PM [UTC]

Marcus asks:

Is there any physical attributes or lack of certain physical attributes that might make violin playing more difficult to learn?

For example is having longer slender fingers a benefit and having shorter thicker fingers a detriment? And lastly what is the degree of wrist rotation needed to hold the neck of the violin?

In this video we talk about the doubt lots of (soon to be) beginner violinists and violists have.

We talk about:

• comparing soloists with each other


• if are you lean enough


• your fine motoric skills


• rotation of your wrist


• length of your fingers


• thickness of your fingers


• shape of your hands

After watching this video you probably will have an idea about your suitability for playing the violin or viola.

The answer might positively surprise you!

Is this video useful to you? Please let me know in the comments!

Love,

Zlata

PS: Do you have questions for me on violin or viola playing? Post a comment below or send an e-mail to info@violinlounge.com

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