Friday, November 18, 2011

Posture for the left wrist

 Incorrect: wrist is bent
Correct: wrist is straight.
Beginning students often want to bend their left wrist in an attempt to grasp the violin tightly.  Be careful to keep it straight (also, fyi, this student's bow hold is incorrect, the pinky should be curled)!
The left wrist pictured here is bent.  Proper posture must have a straight left wrist.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks! We'll make sure the wrist is straight. Did we talk about this last week?

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  2. No, we didn't talk about the wrist...just wanted to give you a heads up to avoid a bent wrist :)

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