How To Finger Accurately And Play In Tune.
Section links: Intro Tuning Straight Wrist Hand Form Finger Placement Minimum Finger Movement Third Finger "Secret" Exercises
Forming your left hand to hold the fiddle.
Keeping your left wrist straight is half the battle; the other half is forming your hand so your fingers are in the best position to press down on the strings. This video shows you how to form your hand, step by step.
- As you can see, this hand posture allows your fingers to arc over the strings and come down at an angle that is almost perpendicular to the finger board.
- The more your fingers "stand up" from the fingerboard, the better.
- You want to try for a 90 degree angle. If your hand form is good, you'll get close with the middle finger; but the other fingers will come down at a flatter angle--probably somewhere between 60 and 80 degrees.