All right, now we know how to hold the bow, we know the parts of the ball, we know how to rise and Avella. Now we got to figure out how to hold the violin. Now, on this part of our hand, on our left hand we're holding the violin we're going to focus on is this part of our hand. The part that we're looking at is the backside of this knuckle. So you can kind of see this crease that we have. And what we're going to focus on is this part of our hand right there.

And where it's going to touch is on our neck of our instrument. We're going to hold it kind of like a guitar at this point. So what's going to happen is you're going to hold your hand out on if you're right hand and it'll feel opposite like your left handed person. Your left hand and person. You're trying to Shake somebody's hand. Right?

So on the bottom part of your violin neck is going to meet up with this creepy part of your hand. So, you're holding your hand out slightly sideways, like you're going to shake somebody's hand. And simply, you're going to set your neck have your violin in that little crease. So that's step one. Okay, the next step, I have this shoulder rest, it's a wolf shoulder rest, but that doesn't make a whole lot of difference and make make a lot of different shoulder rests. akun is a great one.

My recommendation is you don't get Kuhn copies, because they're not well built. And you'll probably have to buy five or six of them before you realize that you should buy a real Kuhn instead of a replacement because they'll break So that's just my tip to you. I also like this Wolf, which is a great product, but they also make lots of other ones that are also great. So it's not my recommendation to only buy this type of a shoulder rest, but it's going to help you hold your violin bow and we're going to discuss how to put one of those on in a little bit. But first steps first. Holding the handout slightly tilted, so that the thumb is pointed away from you.

So not into your body, but away right. Then the net goes on the hand so in the crease, and what we're going to try to do is hold the violin right here on the opposite side of where the, the chin rest is this black part. So we're going to have a good hold on it so it doesn't fall down. Okay, now the violin is going to go in that crease. And then we're simply going to put it on our left shoulder and just set it up there. Now what happens with our other part of our hand, we're going to try to get it so that the palm is now face three towards you.

So you're going to try to see that if you were looking at it with your eyeballs. If there was text on your hand, you could read it. So in the face, it's kind of like a book towards you. Right? So it goes down like a guitar is kind of easy to hold, and then it comes up on your left shoulder. Right.

And what you're trying to have happen is you're trying to have it kind of be held right there. Notice that my hand is at a little bit of an angle, it's not straight up and down, but it's a little bit of an angle. And that angle helps the violin just kind of sit there without sliding down into the crevice of your thumb and your index finger. From the guitar position where the thumb is away from me Not in words, but away from you. And your wrist is nice and straight. What I mean by a straight wrist is, if I were draw, draw a line down here, it would be straight.

So it wouldn't be a curved line, right? And from here, if I turn my hand the other way, it should be a straight line. So it's not a curved line one way or the other. So straight arrest. So again, the violin is in that crease, I'm holding kind of like a guitar, and I'm holding it up to the camera for your reference. When it's back here, you're probably going to hold in your lap for a little bit farther down.

Then the second step is the violin gets put, because we're holding the violin with the opposite side of this black chin rest, and it just simply goes up on our shoulder, and we're trying not to let it fall down to that crevice. So, give that a shot. See if you can try it a couple times and you're main goal is to hold there without it falling.