Monday, July 28, 2014

The Right Violin Wrist Position

By Sharron Cantu


Perhaps, you have experienced watching a performance of a single performer or a group of fiddlers in a show. It tends to be an easy task to play a violin wit all the moves and gracefulness while performing. But the truth is, it is hard to start from the basics. You need a great patience and hard work, before you can perfect your music and moves. The secret also lies in the proper violin wrist position as a start. If you want to become a certified fiddler, you have to remember, that proper posture will make you progress.

Learning to play music and the proper hand positioning is not easy, especially for newbies. Anyone can feel an awkward feeling, especially if you are not used to it. Once you hold an instrument, you tend to clench it and that could give a certain tension in your hand. However, this could only be a start, since you still need to undergo lots of challenges if you really want learn some skills.

Every violinist maintains a proper left hand positioning that will result to a better sound, agility, intonation and gives an accurate performance. In achieving this posture, the wrist should hang down straight from the instrument and arm and hand must be smooth and should create a continuous curved line.

To have an understanding why it is necessary to obtain a great posture, especially your wrist and bending position, you should also learn the biology of the hands and each need of the art music player. Basically, there are no muscles in the fingers. They consist tendons that are connected to a muscle in your upper arm. Their main task is to provide an impulsion of movement. Most of the tendons are strings pulled by muscles.

Typically, all individuals have their joints and could be flexible to any movements. In order to make the ginger muscles stronger, the joints should allow some messages that can be transferred to strengthen them. Therefore, to accomplish this, all joints must leave a prime role to its flexibility.

If all of the positionings are done improperly, then you must expect a painful feeling in your limb area that could develop to a certain illness called tendonitis. But, if you still push to continue your situation, the pain will also continue to your fingers and to your arm. This could lead to a condition called Carpal tunnel syndrome.

If a certain art music needs you to make shifting and vibrato, you have to be cautious in bending movements. There are violinists who tend to move their wrist slowly away from the neck when playing. If they need to move faster, for a fast note, then they also need to move according the tone. To achieve a certain goal, you also have to discover something about you when it comes to performing.

To avoid chronic conditions, it is essential to learn some basics in the proper way to hold an instrument. Lost of syndromes can be suffered by a fiddler and may occur sooner or later. Thus, you should consider some important things in order to be aware of these illnesses.

After knowing all the risks and the importance of having a good position while playing your violin, it would be easier for you to obtain the level of confidence and the awareness. Once you know all these, then you can also prevent some conditions that could affect your performance.




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