>I guess most of us know that Robert Schumann permanently injured his hand >with a mechanical contrivance (he had a mental illness during parts of his >life). > >However, such tricks, with common sense, need not be injurious, and I >wonder whether anyone has any.
When I had a bad case of tennis elbow a half year ago, I took to practicing very lightly. That is, just touching the strings and not depressing them. This did two things. First it alleviated the strain, second it made me very aware of where I was placing my LH fingers because if I didn't get them right near the fret it would sound flat. cheers, -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
