Hola Mary! Mil gracias por tantos buenos consejos👏👏👏👏👏 Sigo experimentando cada día para conseguir un movimiento más natural de mi brazo izquierdo y llegar con comodidad a la cuerda G y tus explicaciones son un tesoro para mí 😊 Voy a practicar el pizzicato como nos has mostrado... Buen fin de semana Mary y para ti y todos tus seguidores mi deseo de una felices fiestas y un 2025 lleno de buena música y muchos progresos con nuestros violines! 💚🎶🧡🎻
Hello Lola! Thank you very much for your wonderful encouragement to us all! We violinists love each other here and will happily take your inspiration! Happy holiday Lola, and let's make your wish come true for us all; a 2025 full of good music and the joy of progress on our beloved violins!! A huge hug and much love, Mary ❤🎻
Hello Mary. I have recently started to play the violin without pain. I have lost a lot of strength. I am just now playing Aria on the G line. The reason for my relaxation was to try playing without shoulder pads. I suddenly thought that I was relying too much on the shoulder pads, so I gave it a try. I found that my arms were freer without the shoulder pads, although the stance of the instrument was unstable. I also found that my jaw was less tense. And when I put the shoulder brace on again, I found a balance between de-strength and strength. Now I play a little in first position without shoulder pads before practising to get an idea of how much force I need to relax, and then I practise with the shoulder pads on. Another way I de-strengthened my jaw was to play with a soft cloth placed on the chinplate. This way I could figure out how much force to pinch it with my jaw, and as a result I found the trick to hook it with my jawbone successfully. I am still practising with care, because if I am not careful, the force will be too strong and cause pain. Shin
Hello Shin, I am extremely impressed by your achievement of being pain free - congratulations! There is an enormous joy to be experienced by playing the violin without pain, as I'm sure you are discovering. Yes, you have to continue to be very careful because your body and mind can so easily slip back into their old habits before the new habits have fully formed. Your method of changing from using a shoulder pad to no pad is the genius part of your experiments...by constantly changing the most intimate and basic position of your violin you are giving yourself the best chance to be aware of what is happening with your muscles and when you are using far too much energy... How clever and creative! Awareness is the greatest key to progress and the secret of curing any and all problems on the violin. That and being willing to slow down and challenge and change everything that is tight and painful. However, don't let yourself feel you are on a tightrope! Relax and allow yourself to play freely sometimes. This will tell you what is right and what still needs care and attention. Trust your ability to spot any tightness and set about addressing it. You have much experience in this now, right? Shin, thank you very much for your dedication and creativity. You are an inspiration and the world benefits from the development of even one person, don't you agree? Take care. Mary ❤
Thank you for the lesson. I was away from the violin for a long time, and during that time I had 3 wrist surgeries on my bow area. Consequently I have permanently diminished range of motion. I’m relearning how to bow because how much of the bow I can use on which string varies considerably. In fact I sometimes drop the bow. I need all the tips I can get!
Hello! I was very moved by your inspiring return to the violin after wrist surgeries; good for you! I wonder how you have adapted to a diminished range of motion... I imagine you have been concentrating on making your bow arm movement really smooth to compensate for your wrist, so you will be able to do everything with your arm that you had done before with your wrist. And then also learning the crucial skill of how to save bow. Over the years when my back injury flared up and I had limited movement I would employ my 'secret weapon' of saving bow, so I could play with a tiny amount of bow what normally would take much longer bows. I wish you all the best and if there's anything I can help you with, please just ask and I'll do my best. Mary💗
@ thank you! I work on keeping my bow straight as I move it across the strings. I am trying to conserve bow, and fortunately it’s not hard on the D and G strings. It’s more of a factor on my A and E strings, as is maintaining a good tone. My old teacher used to make me practice smooth long bows so I do that now using an electronic tuner that shows any difference in pressure as well as when I switch directions. This proves to me once again that my parents were saints when my 10 year old self would practice they wisely went in another room to watch TV. They closed the door so the tv wouldn’t distract me!
Thank you Mary! Great tutorial, could you maybe do the same, but with the E-String? I'm not really comfortable with it but I don't know how to fix it...
Hello, I'm glad you liked the video, thank you very much! I'd love to do a video about the E string - do you mean the position of your left arm/hand is uncomfortable playing on the E string in first position, or is the issue about shifting to higher positions? Thanks, Mary💗
@@Some_body.0 I have to guess what your issues may be as you haven't been able to identify your problem, so ask yourself - when you shift is there pain or discomfort in your left arm, wrist, hand, fingers, shoulder, head or neck? Once you become aware of tightness, pain or discomfort in any or all of the places mentioned, then take a good look at fundamental things like how you hold your violin and whether your shoulder rest is comfortable or not. Also check to see if playing in 1st position on the E string feels easy and relaxed or tight and uncomfortable... if that's the case then you need to experiment with your setup. Here are videos which I hope you may find helpful and recognise something in them to help identify what your issue may be; ua-cam.com/video/WgVPEJEK0fY/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/sMh3W2CFv7M/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/SGkW1ImRSrU/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/-b2qI4AR7Vo/v-deo.html Only when we become aware of tightness can we do something about it, so try your best to examine yourself while playing slowly and see what you notice. Take care, Mary💗
@@Some_body.0 Good for you! You are making a great gift to yourself by deciding to be aware of discomfort, and much violin progress will follow, so very well done! I wish you all the best and keep in touch! Mary ❤
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Hola Mary! Mil gracias por tantos buenos consejos👏👏👏👏👏 Sigo experimentando cada día para conseguir un movimiento más natural de mi brazo izquierdo y llegar con comodidad a la cuerda G y tus explicaciones son un tesoro para mí 😊 Voy a practicar el pizzicato como nos has mostrado... Buen fin de semana Mary y para ti y todos tus seguidores mi deseo de una felices fiestas y un 2025 lleno de buena música y muchos progresos con nuestros violines! 💚🎶🧡🎻
Hello Lola! Thank you very much for your wonderful encouragement to us all! We violinists love each other here and will happily take your inspiration!
Happy holiday Lola, and let's make your wish come true for us all; a 2025 full of good music and the joy of progress on our beloved violins!!
A huge hug and much love, Mary ❤🎻
Hello Mary.
I have recently started to play the violin without pain. I have lost a lot of strength. I am just now playing Aria on the G line.
The reason for my relaxation was to try playing without shoulder pads. I suddenly thought that I was relying too much on the shoulder pads, so I gave it a try. I found that my arms were freer without the shoulder pads, although the stance of the instrument was unstable. I also found that my jaw was less tense. And when I put the shoulder brace on again, I found a balance between de-strength and strength.
Now I play a little in first position without shoulder pads before practising to get an idea of how much force I need to relax, and then I practise with the shoulder pads on.
Another way I de-strengthened my jaw was to play with a soft cloth placed on the chinplate. This way I could figure out how much force to pinch it with my jaw, and as a result I found the trick to hook it with my jawbone successfully.
I am still practising with care, because if I am not careful, the force will be too strong and cause pain.
Shin
Hello Shin, I am extremely impressed by your achievement of being pain free - congratulations!
There is an enormous joy to be experienced by playing the violin without pain, as I'm sure you are discovering.
Yes, you have to continue to be very careful because your body and mind can so easily slip back into their old habits before the new habits have fully formed.
Your method of changing from using a shoulder pad to no pad is the genius part of your experiments...by constantly changing the most intimate and basic position of your violin you are giving yourself the best chance to be aware of what is happening with your muscles and when you are using far too much energy...
How clever and creative! Awareness is the greatest key to progress and the secret of curing any and all problems on the violin. That and being willing to slow down and challenge and change everything that is tight and painful.
However, don't let yourself feel you are on a tightrope! Relax and allow yourself to play freely sometimes. This will tell you what is right and what still needs care and attention.
Trust your ability to spot any tightness and set about addressing it. You have much experience in this now, right?
Shin, thank you very much for your dedication and creativity. You are an inspiration and the world benefits from the development of even one person, don't you agree? Take care. Mary ❤
Thanks for sharing. ❤❤❤ Gonna experiment with the shoulder rest placement.
Thanks willy, you never know what you may unlock by making even a small change...good luck!
Mary💗
Great stuff Mary, thanks for sharing ❤ your videos…
Hello, thank you very much! Mary ❤
Sage advice and clearly illustrated. Thanks Mary
Hello, thank you very much! Mary ❤
Tu voz es muy relájate ❤
Hello, thank you! Mary ❤
Thank you so much!!!
Hello! Thank you. Mary❤
Thank you for the lesson. I was away from the violin for a long time, and during that time I had 3 wrist surgeries on my bow area. Consequently I have permanently diminished range of motion. I’m relearning how to bow because how much of the bow I can use on which string varies considerably. In fact I sometimes drop the bow.
I need all the tips I can get!
Hello! I was very moved by your inspiring return to the violin after wrist surgeries; good for you!
I wonder how you have adapted to a diminished range of motion...
I imagine you have been concentrating on making your bow arm movement really smooth to compensate for your wrist, so you will be able to do everything with your arm that you had done before with your wrist.
And then also learning the crucial skill of how to save bow.
Over the years when my back injury flared up and I had limited movement I would employ my 'secret weapon' of saving bow, so I could play with a tiny amount of bow what normally would take much longer bows.
I wish you all the best and if there's anything I can help you with, please just ask and I'll do my best.
Mary💗
@ thank you! I work on keeping my bow straight as I move it across the strings. I am trying to conserve bow, and fortunately it’s not hard on the D and G strings. It’s more of a factor on my A and E strings, as is maintaining a good tone.
My old teacher used to make me practice smooth long bows so I do that now using an electronic tuner that shows any difference in pressure as well as when I switch directions.
This proves to me once again that my parents were saints when my 10 year old self would practice they wisely went in another room to watch TV. They closed the door so the tv wouldn’t distract me!
🙏🙏🙏💖
Thank you! Mary ❤
Thank you Mary! Great tutorial, could you maybe do the same, but with the E-String? I'm not really comfortable with it but I don't know how to fix it...
Hello, I'm glad you liked the video, thank you very much!
I'd love to do a video about the E string - do you mean the position of your left arm/hand is uncomfortable playing on the E string in first position, or is the issue about shifting to higher positions? Thanks, Mary💗
@violinstudiowithmaryv the shifting 🫶🫶
@@Some_body.0 I have to guess what your issues may be as you haven't been able to identify your problem, so ask yourself - when you shift is there pain or discomfort in your left arm, wrist, hand, fingers, shoulder, head or neck?
Once you become aware of tightness, pain or discomfort in any or all of the places mentioned, then take a good look at fundamental things like how you hold your violin and whether your shoulder rest is comfortable or not.
Also check to see if playing in 1st position on the E string feels easy and relaxed or tight and uncomfortable... if that's the case then you need to experiment with your setup.
Here are videos which I hope you may find helpful and recognise something in them to help identify what your issue may be;
ua-cam.com/video/WgVPEJEK0fY/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/sMh3W2CFv7M/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/SGkW1ImRSrU/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/-b2qI4AR7Vo/v-deo.html
Only when we become aware of tightness can we do something about it, so try your best to examine yourself while playing slowly and see what you notice.
Take care, Mary💗
@@violinstudiowithmaryv thank you so much for your answer! I'll definitely try it out and try to be more aware of discomfort when I play ☺️
@@Some_body.0 Good for you! You are making a great gift to yourself by deciding to be aware of discomfort, and much violin progress will follow, so very well done!
I wish you all the best and keep in touch!
Mary ❤