We've all seen it-
We're sitting in a orchestra, or are watching a band, and something strikes us.
The cellos and basses are just playing there, looking really comfortable.
Or the guitar player and the drummer seem really at ease while playing.
Even the keyboard player looks really natural.
But then you look around at the violins and violas, or at the fiddle player, and they look as if they are literally tied up in knots.
And you think: this cannot be comfortable, this can't be good, and can't be right.
And you're correct- something is terribly wrong here.
Violin and viola are perhaps unique instruments in that the structures we need to provide stability, to hold the instrument, are right next to the structures we need to provide mobility, to move the arms. Because of this, we often end up conflating the two, and use our moving parts to hold the instrument, tightening up the very muscles we need to be as loose as possible for maximum arm control.
On top of this, our holding equipment is often really ill-suited for the interface between our bodies and our instruments, meaning that we have to scrunch our bodies up to keep the instrument from falling onto the floor.
And we reach a point where we say: no more.
There must be a better way, and we have to find it.
This often results in an endless search for the perfect chin- and shoulder rest, ending in the
"Chinrest Box Of Shame"
(yeah, we all have at least one box of discarded equipment), but they never really seem to work.
It's because they are generally variations on the same inadequate designs, and yield the same inadequate results as the previous ones.
Let's try a new soution, and a new design- one that takes your individual body structure into account. With the WAVE Chinrest, we'd be happy to help you on your journey to violin and viola comfort. Let's find your way to your best, most comfortable, most natural playing. We're here to help.
We're sitting in a orchestra, or are watching a band, and something strikes us.
The cellos and basses are just playing there, looking really comfortable.
Or the guitar player and the drummer seem really at ease while playing.
Even the keyboard player looks really natural.
But then you look around at the violins and violas, or at the fiddle player, and they look as if they are literally tied up in knots.
And you think: this cannot be comfortable, this can't be good, and can't be right.
And you're correct- something is terribly wrong here.
Violin and viola are perhaps unique instruments in that the structures we need to provide stability, to hold the instrument, are right next to the structures we need to provide mobility, to move the arms. Because of this, we often end up conflating the two, and use our moving parts to hold the instrument, tightening up the very muscles we need to be as loose as possible for maximum arm control.
On top of this, our holding equipment is often really ill-suited for the interface between our bodies and our instruments, meaning that we have to scrunch our bodies up to keep the instrument from falling onto the floor.
And we reach a point where we say: no more.
There must be a better way, and we have to find it.
This often results in an endless search for the perfect chin- and shoulder rest, ending in the
"Chinrest Box Of Shame"
(yeah, we all have at least one box of discarded equipment), but they never really seem to work.
It's because they are generally variations on the same inadequate designs, and yield the same inadequate results as the previous ones.
Let's try a new soution, and a new design- one that takes your individual body structure into account. With the WAVE Chinrest, we'd be happy to help you on your journey to violin and viola comfort. Let's find your way to your best, most comfortable, most natural playing. We're here to help.