Connecting your cello posture, body motion and bow use.
Sitting: Chair, Feet, Power at Tip
- Where we place our feet on the floor affects our upper body comfort
- Optimal chair height should allow knees to be lower than the hips
- By moving our body left on a down bow, we can transfer weight, power to the tip
- How wider stance and a high enough chair gives freedom to move in the chair and freedom to the arms.
- Feeling the indentation, “s-curve” in bottom of the spine helps balance and support upper body and protects lower back from injury
- Gain upper body support by wide, solid stance, connecting to the earth through the feet.
- All natural motion is a total body experience; do not isolate arm from body
- Placement of feet affects freedom of motion in arms
- Leaning left in the chair will increase power at the tip
- How moving gradually left in the chair during a down bow helps make a crescendo to the tip
- Transferring weight to the tip to minimize pressing makes a more beautiful sound
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Paul Katz
Paul Katz is known for his 26-year career as cellist of the internationally acclaimed Cleveland Quartet; as a world-renown teacher…
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"The legs and the abdomen; that's what produces a good sound." -Sviatoslav Richter
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