Building Blocks of Violin Virtuosity Volume 3: Functional Fingers (Insights of Jascha Brodsky) - by Valerie Bobbett Gardner

The third volume of Valerie Bobbett Gardners' series The Building Blocks of Violin Virtuosity covers left hand techniques based on her many years of experience working with hands of all shapes and sizes.

Find out how your left hand can execute passages with speed, accuracy, and the dazzling virtuosity taught to her by Jascha Brodsky.

I believe that position affects function. Jascha Brodsky obviously agreed with the truism as he wisely repositioned my left arm, hand, and fingers before I was allowed to move ahead. Even though I can only believe that I must have had an outstanding left hand in order to have been granted a scholarship at Curtis, repertoire which before had been impossible for me became easy. Without the proper positioning of the left hand, articulation of the fingers is unlikely, intonation is inconsistent, tension seems unavoidable, and discouragement and fear often overtake those who try the hardest to excel. - Valerie Bobbett Gardner

You will gain comprehensive insight into left hand techniques through this Books & DVDs. Topis covered include: Finger Action of Left Hand, Position of Left Hand, Height of Left Hand, Additional Exercises for Correct Left Hand, Playing with Functional Fingers, Five Exercises to Develop Functional Fingers and Exercises for Overcoming Left-hand Tension.

I enthusiastically recommend Valerie Gardner's excellent Books & DVDss. Essential technical skills are clearly explained and demonstrated by Mrs. Gardner and her students. - Michael AvSharian, Shar Executive Vice President

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