David Leisner: The Left Hand - Using Large Muscles to Prevent Injury

Playing with Ease!

This is a workshop on how to prevent musicians' injuries in the left hand. Over the years, I have developed some major concepts of how to engage the large muscles when playing the guitar.

These ideas can be used by any player as a way of preventing injury. Chapter 5 of my book, Playing with Ease (Oxford University Press), is devoted to describing this approach. In this presentation, I will discuss and demonstrate these ideas, as well as interact with each of you, to make sure you understand how to engage your large muscles correctly.

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    • martinTeam
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    • martin.3
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    Like last time, we will run this live stream as a Zoom Workshop with personal instructions for participants! Reply to this post if you want to participate with your camera enabled, then I can share the Zoom Link with you on October 18th! 

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  • that is, what I need....

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  • Martin,

     

    I’m coming. Please send the zoom link. Perhaps I’ll arrive a few minute late. but I’ll be there.

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      • martinTeam
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      • martin.3
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      Javier Elizondo That's wonderful!

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    • Emmanull
    • Emma
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    I am back Martin and I would very much like to participate! 

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      • martinTeam
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      • martin.3
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      Emma wonderful, I will send you the Zoom Link!

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    • Derek
    • Derek
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    Hi Martin. I'll be joining please. I may be a little late (but hopefully not). Thanks Derek 

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    • Emmanull
    • Emma
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    martin thank you so much to both, incredible session, shame I missed it alive. It will help me so much especially since lately I resent a bit my left thumb, the trick of the right hand to help with the bars was so good. Thank you , incredible David Leisner! 

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      • martin.3
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      Emma Happy to hear that! ♥

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    • David.39
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    During the "pushup" of the fingers, I kept feeling like my thumb blocked the downward pressure and instead produced a lateral force and bent the string (like Stefanie).  I started letting the thumb hang below the neck and come up to the neck at the end of the pushup. Is this going to produce the same effect?

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