Reducing Tension for Double-Stops

Reducing Tension for Double-Stops:
These are exercises that violinists and violists can apply to their daily practice to help reinforce good habits and lead to playing with less tension, especially when it comes to double-stop passages.
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Lesson break-down:
00:00 - Intro
01:16 - A psychological block
02:02 - Physical factor - contact with the violin
02:38 - Paradox of the bow
03:40 - Left hand finger pressure
04:42 - Extensions and unnatural hand position
5:40 - Weight distribution
07:02 - Left thumb + scale exercise
07:53 - Shoulders
08: 58 - Jaw + scale exercise
10:00 - Mindfulness + scale in 3rds
10:42 - 1st exercise for 3rds
12:32 - 2nd exercise for 3rds
13:48 - 3rd exercise for 3rds
14:44 - Closing


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