The Silent Series: Workshop Recordings

 
 

Part 1 - Setup and left hand

Chapter Outline:

  • Origins of the workshop

  • BEFORE exercise

  • Posture and Setup - Balancing from the ground up

    • String Methods Squat

    • Arm Swings/Mapping the Arm

  • Statue of Liberty Breakdown

    • Cuddling the instrument

    • Placing the instrument in the horizontal

    • Short and Long Shifts

    • Touch your nose

  • The head/arm/collarbone tripod

  • Left Hand Action - making fists

    • Left Hand Position - begging dog

    • Playing on the Pads

  • Finger Independence

  • The THUMB!

  • 1/2 Step Slides

  • The Car Analogy for Vibrato

  • More Details on the Plop

    • Plop and Sizzle

  • Tapping up the Fingerboard

  • Left Hand Pizz up the Fingerboard

  • AFTER exercise

  • Q&A

Part 2 - The Bow Arm

Chapter Outline:

  • BEFORE exercise

  • Mapping the bow arm/Large bow arm movements

    • Lower Half Bow arm movements

    • Upper Half Bow arm movements

    • “Smell your armpit” bowing

    • Rolling and Rocking

    • Bow Gap

    • Moon Landings

    • Soft starts at the tip

    • Flying Pizzicato and Follow Through

  • Pencil Exercises for the bow

    • See Saw

    • Scissors

    • Drawing circles with the screw of the bow

  • Straight Bow Work

    • Silent placements/moon landings

    • Bowing on the bridge

    • Holding the bow with the other hand

  • Tone Work

    • Pulling and Pushing

    • Playing Pong

    • Relaxing the thumb

  • Spiccato warmups

    • Various kinds of tapping

  • Feeling the impulse in fast playing

  • Q&A

  • String Gym 2.0 Details