I am a student on level D02, and I am noticing that our pieces are slowly increasing in length this year!
My reason for posting my question here, is to find out what other students think about the following aspect, of the developing student's musical technique...
In essence, as I work on the pieces and exercises I am trying to achieve a state of dynamic relaxation as a matter of utmost importance.
(Please note that I am a returner to music). I believe there are many elements to achieving poise whilst playing, and it is the student's responsibility to discover these things.
One such aspect, that I have identified and which I wish to discuss, concerns the general angle-of-elevation (i.e. how high the elbow is, in crude terms) of the arm supporting the hand that stops the frets, i.e. the left arm, typically.
Depending upon the chord formation, or the relative positions on the fretboard of the fingers 1,2,3 and 4, I notice that the hand turns, and, in a way, the elbow can ride up or down, to support the forearm in different positions of rotation. (Roughly speaking) This is especially pronounced when you play with the neck of your instrument 'more vertical than horizontal'.
The question I would like to put into the forum regards this phenomenon, is: "What markings may we pencil into our scores, in order to show at-a-glance, when the following measure may require some kind of macro-movement of the arm in order to adjust the position of the hand rotationally?"
I note the use of special 'snowflakes' for damping, and a myriad of other significant symbols. So please, if you have the same experience with this, please do share your ideas for notation!
Thank you very much.