Posture
Correct posture enables us to become the best strings players we can be! Please make sure you are practicing his/her best posture at home.
Violins and Violas:
Sit up straight on the front of a chair (or stand up straight).
Feet flat on floor.
Take a selfie - no pizza-serving wrists. (The left wrist should not be in contact with the instrument.)
Cellos:
Sit up straight on the front of a chair (or stand up straight).
Feet flat on floor.
Make sure endpin is secure. Remember not to lean on the cello.
Hold a cup of OJ with your left hand. Put a texting thumb on the back of the cello.
Bass:
Stand up straight.
Do no lean on the bsss.
Banana thumb behind the neck of the bass. Make sure your thumb doesn't peek around the side of the bass.
Bow holds:
Hang index finger, middle finger and ring finger off of the stick.
Curved pinkie rests on top of the stick.
Texting thumb underneath middle finger.