Monthly Archives: June 2012

This week’s post will be most useful if you’ve read last week’s post first. Last week I wrote about the ways in which the holding and playing of an instrument affects the body of the musician, and about neutral posture (in contrast to the posture most of us have been taught is “correct”). Now let’s talkContinue reading “PART 2 – Discomfort and Pain Related to Playing Your Instrument: Symptoms, Causes and Solutions”

This information is not a substitute for medical diagnosis and/or care. This discussion will be a five-part series (I’ll post one part each week for five weeks) on the subject of avoiding and correcting discomfort and pain related to playing your instrument.  It also addresses the causes of awkwardness or lack of agility and control whenContinue reading “Discomfort Related to Playing Your Instrument: Symptoms, Causes and Solutions”

Last week I posted the first part of this article. The information below will be most useful if you read last week’s blog first. By the way, if you click “Follow”, you’ll automatically get notices when I post each new blog. (I’ve been sending e-mails when I post, but at some point will stop doingContinue reading “Session and Circle Etiquette, Styles and Skills, Part 2”

For eons in every culture, musicians have gathered to play together. In some communities, regular music sessions and circles provide entertainment and growth opportunities for musicians of all ages and skill levels, a tradition that is worth nurturing. What I love about them is that we get to hear music made by everyone and anyone,Continue reading “Sessions and Circles: Styles, Formats and Etiquette – Part 1”