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- Introduction to Left Hand Position
- Preliminary Exercises for Violin and Viola
- Developing the Shape of the Left Hand
- Developing Hand Shape Exercise No. 2
- Preliminary Finger Exercises Cello and Bass
- Placement of Fingers Violin and Viola
- Thumb Placement for Violin and Viola
- Common problems Violin and Viola
- Common problems - Collapsed wrist
- Common problems - Hyperextended Wrist
- Common problems - Poor Thumb Placement
- Worm Hole
- Three Points of Contact
- Cello Left Hand Position
- Bass Left Hand Position
- Elbow and Shoulder Cello and Bass
- Common LH Problems Cello and Bass
- Cello/Bass Problems -- The Sagging Elbow
- Cello/Bass Problems --Thumb hugging the neck of the instrument
- Cello/Bass Problems -- Collapsed Wrist
- Cello/Bass Problems --Sloped Fingers
- Hand Frame
- Finger Shape
- Finger Placement Markers
- General Left Hand Position Principles for All the Strings
Finger Placement Markers
Bergonzi's 1991 study, "THE
EFFECTS OF FINGER PLACEMENT MARKERS AND HARMONIC CONTEXT ON THE DEVELOPMENT
OF INTONATION PERFORMANCE SKILLS AND OTHER ASPECTS
OF THE MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF SIXTH-GRADE BEGINNING STRING STUDENTS" revealed
that the use of Finger Placement Markers for beginning string students
can have a positive effect on intonation accuracy. Many students use tapes
for 1st, high 2nd, 3rd and 4th finger on violin and viola, 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
and
4th
finger on cello, and 1st, 2nd and 4th finger on bass, because these are
the pitches the
students
play in the beginning weeks of instruction. Some teachers develop an elaborate system of colored tapes all over the fingerboard that seem to stay on the fingerboard for years. My personal belief is that since the ear is stronger than the eye for providing the brain with information about intonation, tapes are most useful for developing a correct hand frame and finger placement in the beginning weeks of instruction, and once hand frame is established the tapes should be removed. After all, the student can't look at their left hand once they start reading music, and even if they could, what information does the eye provide to the student about their intonation? Absolutely nothing. The data is all being provided by the ear. Music is an aural phenomenon, not a visual phenomenon. It makes sense that we must teach students to "hear" where the fingers should go, rather than "see" where the fingers should go. Early listening is very important.
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