Positive Music Practice when Injured. I cut my fingertip on my left hand this week and this is how I’ve been dealing with it and still practicing is a positive way and getting good work done. This comes via my YouTube. The 100 open string exercises I mention are from My Technique Book.
From the physical standpoint – I cleaned and bandaged the wound. Then I looked for a rubber thimble but couldn’t find one so I ended up with a Visco-Gel toe cap which is okay but not perfect. I can play with it but its cumbersome.
Psychologically – You want to think of the injury as an opportunity in disguise to work on stuff you normally wouldn’t focus on. You can always get good solid work done even if it’s not what you wanted to work on.
For practicing I’ve been focusing on right hand open string exercises and left hand exercises that leave out that finger. I’ve also been going through small passages that mainly avoid that finger. And for some new repertoire I’ve just been going over the fingering in half-playing fashion.
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