Tag: technique
help for a sore thumb
Originally published 7 January 2008. The main takeaway I have, now that an additional 12 years...
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Does your bow grip work?
Originally published 5 Jan 2008. I really wish I had somehow been able to wrangle the bow in the...
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extend-o-matic
Originally posted 26 June 2007. It’s wild that this is all words and no images, although I...
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hacks for your technique, part 5: staying focused on a problem thumb
This may be the simplest “hack”, but it’s also one I wish more students used....
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hacks for your technique, part 3: getting a tense right pinky to chill out
I wrote about this nearly ten years ago, but it’s stood the test of time for a...
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hacks for your technique, part 2: cultivating vibrato from the arm
Vibrato may be describable in words, they’re not easy to come by. For most students,...
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hacks for your technique, part 1: fixing clumped fingers
There are techniques that feel, for some, completely unnatural. It gets to the point that...
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bolstering your shift practice, part 2
So last post we talked about getting a feel for the distance the arm travels to put the hand in...
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vintage srcb, part 4: help for a sore thumb
Originally posted 7 January 2008, as part of a series on the bow. Ah, the heady days of cello...
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vintage srcb, part 3: pinky pressure
Originally posted 9 January, 2008. This, and the next one, are two of the most popular posts on...
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vintage SRCB, part 1: knowing the signs
Post originally published 28 April, 2009. Does this sound like you or anyone you know?...
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