Let me show you how to hold the violin and bow. Got it? Excellent! It seems like it should be possible to cover "how to hold the violin" in one quick lesson with a teacher, or with a glance at an illustration on the internet or in a book. Somehow, that's not enough - not even close. Good posture and positioning most often requires years of tweaking, with a long cycle of breaking old habits and forming new ones. There are a number of things you can check on a regular basis, just to make sure…
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