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In the decade-plus I spent learning the cello, I hated performing twelve-minute-long technical solos, hauling my giant instrument around, working on bow technique, and getting yelled at by...

I'll throw my hat in- here's how I was taught. For reference, I have a flat-top.

My forearm rests on the edge of the instrument, and my wrist is arched and doesn't touch the mandolin at all. (For...

Whoops! I just meant that music is a bit of a special case, considering that musicians can play pieces that they don't themselves compose. So in a way, "musicality" can be shared between a composer...

Thanks Nate, for the welcome and the reading list... and congrats on the baby!

Should also probably clarify that the mandolin is my second instrument-- started very young on the cello and kept...

I've been thinking about this too! Here are some of the things visual artists do to improve their visual communication skills…

To improve creativity: Iterate on a single idea in several...