Left is left and right is right and never the twain...

Kathy Judd
Mar 25, 2023
1 min read

The hands want to mirror each other. A bow hand playing forte has a magical way of convincing the left hand to press harder. Resist. The left hand is rarely helped by pressing the fingers into the fingerboard harder than need be.

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