After spending decades teaching and hours every day watching how the body's posture impacts the instrument's sound, I can not stress enough that the body is the first instrument. One of the most common problems is too much activation in the shoulders. Learn 3 innovative ways to train and teach the release of muscles in the shoulders in this blog post below. When we play the violin, both shoulders tend to tighten up and cause negative issues in our playing. Here are 3 tips [...]