Re: Severe hand pains


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Posted by T. J. on September 06, 2003 at 14:36:06:

In Reply to: Severe hand pains posted by Brandon Ostrom on September 05, 2003 at 12:11:54:

A couple of things:
Is your hand making an "L" shape at your wrist? (Is your wrist bent?) This can be helped some by holding the horn more upright or raising your elbos some to make a straight shot from your elbow to your fingers.

The other thing is I get this a lot when I'm playing in sharp keys on my Eb tuba and I end up holding the second valve down about 95% of the time, don't know how to fix this. . . I have joints that flop past straight and sometimes get stuck down when I'm doing that, so try and keep your fingers curved like people have been telling us since we started on piston valved instruments.. . Just a few thoughts from my own experience. . .

--T. J.


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