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21 Ways to Eliminate Tension and Transform Your Violin/Viola Playing

🎻 Get my free practice guide + weekly tips: https://www.wilhelmmagner.com/newsletter Struggling with tension while playing? These 21 practical ideas will help you play violin and viola with more freedom, less pain, and a beautiful tone. Whether you're a beginner or advanced player, you'll find techniques you can use in your practice today. Thank you to my teachers Natalia Kononova, André Roy, and Ettore Causa who taught me all I know! Thanks also to Grigory Kalinovsky and Yehonatan Berick who inspired me and gave me many of their ideas in our conversations. Many of these ideas I took directly from them. I tried to recall where I got each idea from and to write it in the chapters below! Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:45 How to bring the instrument to the body? (idea from G. Kalinovsky) 01:40 How should the instrument sit on the body? (idea from A. Roy) 02:57 How to find the perfect chinrest height? (idea from G. Kalinovsky) 03:54 Which part of my head should contact with the instrument? 04:32 How to engage core muscles for a better sound? (idea from Body Mapping) 05:34 How to release the hips to release lower back tension? (idea from A. Roy) 08:06 How to sit as a violinist/violist? (idea from A. Roy) 09:17 How to align the body and the instrument? (idea from A. Roy) 10:24 How to avoid back pain? (idea from A. Roy) 11:43 How to release excess tension in the body? (idea from A. Roy) 13:14 How to get a good tone without pressing? (idea from A. Roy) 14:05 How to stop raising your shoulders? (idea from A. Roy) 15:51 How to reset your shoulder position? (idea from Body Mapping) 16:48 How to release neck tension? (idea from A. Roy) 18:23 When do we need head weight? (idea from A. Roy) 20:56 How to open your airways and relax your neck? 21:46 Why bow "hold" is the wrong word? 22:53 How to stop squeezing the right thumb? (idea from A. Roy) 23:29 How to get better spiccato by grunting? (idea from K. Kashkashian) 24:24 Where to focus your awareness when you play? (idea from I. Chalk) 25:51 How to free the left arm and the instrument? (idea from G. Kalinovsky) Website references: G. Kalinovksy: https://www.grigorykalinovsky.com A. Roy: https://andrejroy.com E. Causa: https://ettorecausa.com