P3 - B1

Posture and freedom of movement

  • Develop an appropriate relaxed posture and hand position, both sitting and standing:
    • supporting and balancing the instrument with more ease
    • ensuring that both hands can move freely

Continue to ensure that learners adopt an appropriate posture in both standing and sitting positions.

Ensure that learners’ shoulders are level and relaxed by asking them to hunch them up and let them fall two or three times.

Teach learners to play various forms of barré chords. Draw attention to where the pressure is needed from the barré finger.

The left-hand position of the thumb needs to be secure so as to produce a clean sound from the instrument.

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