CELLO ISSUES: How Long should my Endpin be? - plus: fixing endpin noises

[@WirSindDerGEGENWIND]

Thank you George for these excellent explanatory videos. I had back and neck problems for quite a long time - until I realized that although my body was intentionally twisted to the left with the cello (towards the A string, as you describe), my neck was also unintentionally twisted to the right. This was simply because my music stand was straight in front of me. When I realized this and moved the music stand further to the left towards my natural line of sight, my neck and back problems disappeared within a short time. Since then, I pay much more attention to details - like the length of the end pin - that can negatively affect posture.

[@richardstein832]

Finally, someone who makes sense to me, how individual we are and actually geared to allowing the cello to sing. Thank you!😊

[@TheBereangirl]

I LOVE these technical "issue" videos Georg! The ergonomics of cello playing is fascinating to me, and I struggled with my bow hold until I noticed that professional cellists had different bow holds. It became evident to me that it is an individual preference. Now I don't have bow hold issues. I should have applied that knowledge to the end pin height. I hit my leg and cello while playing the A and C strings. I'm also 127cm with long legs and arms and I still struggle to reach the A string! So I think it's time to mark my end pin height and twist my cello accordingly. Thank you Georg for championing individual cello ergonomics!💕

[@georgcello]

Thank you. It feels good to reach out and really help!

[@TheBereangirl]

@@georgcello you're welcome and have indeed helped me a great deal on my journey in learning how to play this beautiful instrument!

[@martingrudaj2567]

Thanks a lot for all those issues that you show as and that you talk about. Just fantastisch.

[@georgcello]

Danke Martin

[@irenewan4463]

Thank so much for sharing these knowledge!

[@Dlynn54]

Thank you so much. This is very helpful.

[@antonvf9619]

I saw Slava play live the first Haendel concerto and in the third mouvement he twisted his cello to go from a string to d string many times