Re: Mechanical learning aids.

[James A Stimson]

Dear Herbert and All:
 I don't understand the point of No. 1, to keep the fingerboard back. It
seems as though many players keep the fingerboard too far back as it is,
making life more difficult for the right hand.
Yours,
Jim



                                                                                       
                                        
                      Herbert Ward                                                     
                                        
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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.

Stuff I've found useful (especially #2):

      put a music stand close in from of your LH to make you
           keep the fingerboard back

      tape (or rubber band) a ruler (or rolled-up magazine) across the
           back of the wrist to make
           you keep your wrist straight (either wrist)

      detune one string of a course so you can easily hear that
           both strings are equally plucked




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