Tag: technique
help for a sore thumb
by Emily Wright | Dec 4, 2019 | Teaching & Learning | 1 |
Originally published 7 January 2008. The main takeaway I have, now that an additional 12 years...
Read MoreDoes your bow grip work?
by Emily Wright | Nov 30, 2019 | Teaching & Learning | 6 |
Originally published 5 Jan 2008. I really wish I had somehow been able to wrangle the bow in the...
Read Moreextend-o-matic
by Emily Wright | Sep 5, 2019 | Teaching & Learning | 6 |
Originally posted 26 June 2007. It’s wild that this is all words and no images, although I...
Read Morethe bow
by Emily Wright | Aug 31, 2019 | Teaching & Learning | 2 |
Originally published 18 June 2007. I’m still a bow-centric teacher. Maybe even more so now,...
Read Morehacks for your technique, part 5: staying focused on a problem thumb
by Emily Wright | Dec 15, 2017 | Teaching & Learning | 0 |
This may be the simplest “hack”, but it’s also one I wish more students used....
Read Morehacks for your technique, part 3: getting a tense right pinky to chill out
by Emily Wright | Dec 12, 2017 | Teaching & Learning | 0 |
I wrote about this nearly ten years ago, but it’s stood the test of time for a...
Read Morehacks for your technique, part 2: cultivating vibrato from the arm
by Emily Wright | Dec 9, 2017 | Teaching & Learning | 4 |
Vibrato may be describable in words, they’re not easy to come by. For most students,...
Read Morehacks for your technique, part 1: fixing clumped fingers
by Emily Wright | Dec 9, 2017 | Cello Illustrated, Teaching & Learning | 0 |
There are techniques that feel, for some, completely unnatural. It gets to the point that...
Read Morebolstering your shift practice, part 2
by Emily Wright | Oct 10, 2017 | Cello Illustrated, Teaching & Learning | 0 |
So last post we talked about getting a feel for the distance the arm travels to put the hand in...
Read Morevintage srcb, part 4: help for a sore thumb
by Emily Wright | Jan 13, 2016 | Teaching & Learning | 0 |
Originally posted 7 January 2008, as part of a series on the bow. Ah, the heady days of cello...
Read Morevintage srcb, part 3: pinky pressure
by Emily Wright | Jan 8, 2016 | Teaching & Learning | 0 |
Originally posted 9 January, 2008. This, and the next one, are two of the most popular posts on...
Read Morevintage SRCB, part 1: knowing the signs
by Emily Wright | Dec 30, 2015 | Cello Illustrated | 2 |
Post originally published 28 April, 2009. Does this sound like you or anyone you know?...
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