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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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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I am back Martin and I would very much like to participate!
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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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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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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?