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Opinion: Independence of the left-hand thumb

2024-06-17T08:05:00

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To free up left-hand technique, violinist and teacher Martin Goldman encourages players to think more carefully about their thumb as an independent entity, yet still in close partnership with the four fingers

A ten-year-old student surprised me recently by saying: ‘Didn’t you know the thumb is not a finger?’ I smiled, but a quick search on the internet revealed that it is anatomically and functionally different from the other four digits…

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