CELLO ISSUES - Trigger finger / locked joint: What to Do?

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This video is part of "My CELLO METHOD" video course on patreon (details below)
Many have this problem - but it's rarely discussed.
Here a collection of ideas, which helped:
(First published as part )
0.00 min - Description
1.12 min - A temporary problem
1.26 min - A quick fix: avoidance
1.41 min - Identifying exactly
2.05 min - change fingering
2.26 min - Taking general fear by pinpointing
3.01 min - Left hand posture
4.10 min - Art aesthetics, cubism, imposing on cello technique
4.51 min - Hugo Becker's cello Technique & Aesthetics
6.10 min - Arm / hand plate too high
6.52 min - Helping Exercises
7.33 min - The Left thumb
7.41 min - straight line from elbow to 2nd joint
8.07 min - Rostropovich: 1st finger pushed through
8.45 min - Exercise to push 1st knuckle through
9.26 min - Exercise: crawl up with hand
9.42 min - Hand plate so low - pencil can go under fingerboard
10.22 min - Straight 1st joints: Sol Gabetta
- • Sol Gabetta With Sir S...
10.33 min - What happens if touching the next string
12.08 min - Double Stops problem?
12.37 min - frequent trigger fingers in Pos 4-7
13.02 min - Positioning in 5-7 Pos.
13.36 min - Positions 5-7 on G & C string
14.00 min - Trigger finger cramps; magnesium deficiency?
14.23 min - Cello neck positioning / Summary
ps. There are Cortison treatments available, lasting between 1 - 8 years.
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Georg is a cello teacher / performer and composer in the Blue Mountains / Australia

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@richardstein832 3 месяца назад

Thank you for teaching us how to listen to what our fingers are telling us.

@georgcello 3 месяца назад

Thanks Richard

@lindamulley9559 4 месяца назад

I had this issue in both my thumb and little finger of left hand. Both are fine now - did acupuncture and now use ginger and arnica massage oil every day and/or after every practice. No further issues.

@VioletFlameMusic 4 месяца назад

Acupuncture. It helped my trigger finger. I'm a pianist /keyboardist. The sooner you get treatments, the easier it is to fix it

@georgcello 4 месяца назад

Yes, I have heard it absolutely can help the trigger finger cramp. The locked joint though seems more a cello problem and needs its special treatment focussed on cello positions.

@msplateaugal 4 месяца назад

I found this lesson extremely helpful, although I only have locked joints in my right hand. This problem blocked my advancing in piano to a professional level, so I focused entirely on the cello. The dynamics you described between the second and third joints on a finger can be applied to piano playing, too. Since this is not a piano forum, I will resist going more deeply into this unless there is interest. I also benefitted from what you said about touching other strings. I had noticed that if I avoided touching the D string, say, when playing a D on the G string made a better sound so I started to avoid touching the next string whenever possible. I became obsesses with overtones! This was a mistake. Your blind man's walk around a large room demonstrated very well how this constrains cello playing.

@msplateaugal 4 месяца назад

@violetFlameMusic I was reading up on acupuncture and trigger finger and it seems to apply best to joints that are inflamed. My joints are very loose with no inflammation and have been this way since birth. Do you think acupuncture would be helpful?

@georgcello 4 месяца назад

For locked joints the problem went away with my students using the exercises and changes mentioned, without other medical interference. As for the cramps magnesium tablets helped really well.

@msplateaugal 4 месяца назад

I had a cello lesson today and showed my teacher how you pretended to be blind and tried to find the walls in a large room. I emulated your fumbling reaches and your graceful dance, and she and I both howled with laughter! This is just what I needed to break through to the next level. Thank you!