Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Left hand contact points

Whenever Sara plays, her left hand needs to be set in place before she begins moving her bow at all...there are two contact points;
1-on the left hand index finger between the first and second joints
2-on the left hand thumb, not on the tip but above the third joint
In between these two contact points, there should be a space, or as shown in this picture, a "worm hole."

It might be fun to have Sara paint a pencil green or put googly eyes on the pencil to make a worm or a snake.  Then, any time she is playing, Mom can let the worm/snake crawl up and check on the hole.  It should always be present, otherwise the left hand is collapsing and playing in tune will be very difficult.