How To Reach Tenths with Small Hands Comfortably | 4+ Tips

In this video you'll see what a small female left hand in the widest 10th position might look like on the violin, if set up properly. This is a guide on how to play tenths on the violin in a healthy manner and develop good habits while avoiding unnecessary injury.
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[@DanielKurganov]

Great tips, Inna! One concept, which you outlined, regarding the index finger moving backwards reveals a very important concept at the base of all of this: the fingers "stretch"/reach using extension/flexion and not abduction. Many people associate spreading fingers apart and flexing them with abduction and it's not what we're actually doing on the fiddle. In reality, the pinky finger = flexion, and index = extension/hyperextension, and the other fingers can go either way, depending on what we're playing. On the plane of extension/flexion, which is opposite to abduction/adduction, the fingers have quite the reach...even smaller ones...which you demonstrate beautifully! Thanks for the video!

[@Violinna]

Daniel, thank you very much for the kind comment and also for diving deeper on the function of the fingers! For those reading this comment who may not be familiar with the terminology, here is a short video explaining the basics (uses thumb as example here): kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmW6gZ5rorqlbqs

[@TuanHoang-hb2id]

Thanks so much for the tips playing tenth , finally I got it now , you’re so right and you explained it very clearly ❤😊you deserve so much appreciation as a violinist and a mentor 🙏😇

[@Violinna]

You're very welcome - So glad it was helpful! And thank you for the kind words!

[@ViolinHobby]

Great pro tips for safe practicing. ❤

[@AprilClaytonflute]

Looks like very similar concerns to those that pianists have - very useful tutorial!

[@Violinna]

Ha! I can barely reach octaves on piano😂 too bad the distance is the same in every octave there😅

[@lolamas3042]

Muchas gracias por este video! Voy a practicar estos tips! 👏👏👏👏👏👏💜🎶💜🎻

[@Violinna]

Con mucho gusto

[@dm-jz7se]

I am going through this with Vivaldi's Autumn -the chordal portion in 3rd position gets sooo frustration, and i notice that I get very tensed.

[@Violinna]

I don't remember 10ths in that piece. Favor fingers 3&4 and try the thumb tapping😊

[@dm-jz7se]

@@Violinna Not tenths- It is the chords in bar 14 - 27 first movement: 1st and 3rd finger and the 2 (Bb) and 4th finger in 3rd and 2nd positions- "the struggle is real" smh. I am trying not to be frustrated.

[@MurphyMusicAcademy]

"Most 10th tutorials recently are done by men with large hands" Couldn't be me 👀

[@Violinna]

LOL I didn't even notice you just made a short on it!🤣 technically didn't say "recently" but now everyone reading this: go watch it! The basic principles are still the same.