“it’s a chain reaction!”

Last night a wonderfully astute young student described her bow hand this way. AND IT IS TRUE! If she starts with a bent bow hand thumb it is more likely that all the other fingers will fall into place.

Similarly with the left hand -the violin hand. If the wrist is straight and the thumb is soft, the fingers will probably also be tall and the in ready position.

This is another reason to collaborate with in-school teachers –it turns out that this student’s violin teacher at school was using this language to describe changes we are hoping to see in her bow hand.

It is so helpful when teachers can share the same vocabulary and describe things similarly. See my blog post titled _Collaboration!_