William Fitzpatrick - violin expert

Videos for Violinists: Finding my Groove

How deal with your left fingers "groove"

In this new short video, Prof. Fitzpatrick gives you practical tips on how to deal with your left-hand fingers groove (or indentation).

Released on September 28, 2022

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Video Transcription

What exactly am I doing? Well, I am purposely trying to create, put a groove in my finger. An indentation mark in my finger. I'm going to do it with every finger, and I'm going to mark to make it a little more visible, because it's hard to see. Okay, now those marks are going to help me because no matter where I am now, I want to keep my finger in that groove. What this does, is now my fingernail, is pointing over my shoulder no matter where I am. It's pointing at the same direction.

By the way, the ink, it comes off fairly easily.
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Cheryl * VSM MEMBER * on September 28, 2022 @3:56 pm PST
Do you find that as you get older (we all are...!) you have less fat pads on your fingertips? A cellist friend of mine is having major issues with this, and I notice some difference as well.
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