Tanya Renaud

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      Tanya Renaud
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      Try experimenting with fiddle placement more towards the middle (scroll pointing forward) of your body instead
      of the side. Experiment also with height. Make sure your fiddle isn’t pointing up too high but not down towards the floor either but maybe a little lower than level would help with getting the G string, that way you won’t have to raise your bow arm as high to get to it. Also experiment with bow placement either closer to the bridge or further away from the bridge. If you play further away from the bridge you can more easily make a sound without putting much weight on your bow and you need to be lighter in order not to make a crunching sound but it makes it easier. In the end it’s like a recipe, try this, try that, taste it and see if the amount is right, spend the time and figure out what amount of this or that works for you and what exactly to tweak to get what feels good when you are playing. I recommend playing extremely slowly on an open string to get used to these new positions to give yourself a real chance as anything you tweak will affect other things that will need tweaking. For example moving your fiddle to a different spot means your bow arm will need tweaking as well to be able to play with a straight bow, the main thing is to try different things. Also help from a good teacher can help as well.

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