How to get rid of tension in violin playing
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Course sections
Section 1
Introduction
1
Introduction to the course
Section 2
Key knowledge: goals and tools
1
Our goal: efficiency
2
Our tool: awareness
3
Our foe: inefficiency
4
The root of tension
Section 3
Our body and its balance: static efficiency
1
Our body and its three parts
2
The connection of the whole
3
Static efficiency
4
How to achieve static efficiency
5
A couple of words on posture
Section 4
Optimizing playing: dynamic efficiency
1
Dynamic efficiency
2
About the right arm
3
About the left arm
Section 5
Introduction to the exercises: basics on the right arm
1
Introduction to the excercises: things to know
2
N.1: arm fall
3
N.2: arm hang
4
N.3: weight on the string
Section 6
Right arm: key exercises
1
N.4 (KEY): getting moving
2
N.5: changing speed
3
N.6: flexibility
4
N.7: the extremities
5
N.8: final exercise
Section 7
Left arm and combination of the two
1
N.1: basic relaxation
2
N.2: basic exercise
3
N.3: slow tempo, fast fingers
4
Combination of left and right arm
Section 8
Some more words on various topics
1
My take on breathing
2
Brief observations on stage tension
3
Recognizing musical tension
4
Advice to parents willing to help their children in violin learning
5
Scattered advice, further observations, recap of the key concepts
6
Epilogue
Introduction
Introduction to the course
