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mark indigo -> RE: Rest stroke in Arpeggio position (May 10 2017 16:42:13)
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Mark's comment about hand 'relationship' to strings vs 'position' is intriguing, but not sure I understand the difference between them...
weeeeeell......
"position" is a static concept.
"relationship" is a fluid concept.
The ideas which we have about what we are doing and how we are doing it influence the quality of the results.
if we think about "position" we are more likely to try to hold and fix that "position" and use unnecessary muscular tension to do it.
if we think about "relationship" we are less likely to .
and sure, lots of really good players use the term "position" with no ill-effects, because their interpretation of "position" doesn't involve so much tension....
....but for people who develop problems (rsi, tendonitis, etc) it's often the case that their interpretation of "position" will involve fixing and tension. "relationship" is less likely to be interpreted that way.
So if you took 1000 beginners and taught them all the same thing but told half of them it was called hand "position" and told the other half it was called hand "relationship" I would expect more of the "position" group to develop tension related problems.
No I don't have research data to back this up, but there's an interesting research project waiting for someone there....
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