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Is Your Body Suitable for Playing the Violin or Viola? Find Out!

Is Your Body Suitable for Playing the Violin or Viola? Find Out!

Nov 20, 2013 | Play Comfortably, Start to Play

Marcus asks: Is there any physical attributes or lack of certain physical attributes that might make violin playing more difficult to learn? For example is having longer slender fingers a benefit and having shorter thicker fingers a detriment? And lastly what is the...
How to Hold Your Violin or Viola in a Comfortable and Relaxed Way?

How to Hold Your Violin or Viola in a Comfortable and Relaxed Way?

Nov 15, 2013 | Play Comfortably, Start to Play

How to hold your violin or viola? There are some very basic skills you should know when it comes to violin or viola playing. One of them is the correct way to hold your instrument. In this blog, I will therefore explain you everything you need to know on how to hold...
How Much Muscle Power to Use in Violin or Viola Playing?

How Much Muscle Power to Use in Violin or Viola Playing?

Nov 4, 2013 | Play Comfortably

Do you have to be physically well trained to play the violin or viola? How much muscle power should you use when playing the violin? When you play the violin you really need to use your fine motoric skills and practice using your muscles very precise. Some people...
6 Steps to Select Your Ideal Violin or Viola Chinrest and Play Comfortably

6 Steps to Select Your Ideal Violin or Viola Chinrest and Play Comfortably

Sep 25, 2013 | Play Comfortably

6 Steps to Select Your Ideal Violin or Viola Chinrest and Play Comfortably Is your violin hold a struggle? Do you have pain during of after practicing the violin or viola? Do you sometimes doubt if you have the right chinrest? In this video I will share with you 6...
What To Do if the Ball of Your Thumb Hurts While Playing Violin, Viola or Cello

What To Do if the Ball of Your Thumb Hurts While Playing Violin, Viola or Cello

Sep 21, 2013 | Play Comfortably

What To Do if the Ball of Your Thumb Hurts While Playing Violin, Viola or Cello Does the ball of your thumb (thenar eminence muscle) hurts while or after playing violin, viola or cello? What To Do if the Ball of Your Thumb Hurts While Playing Violin, Viola or Cello Do...
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