shoulder rest

There are two common approaches to playing without a shoulder rest.

And a slim black tube with a short wooden section to act as a shoulder rest.

It was designed to allow any standard chinrest and shoulder rest to be used.

The shoulder rest is largely an invention of the middle-to-late 20th century.

Inside is a black metal tube with a shoulder rest and a handgrip.

The Type 1 gun had a head or shoulder rest attached to the gun.

A shoulder rest, whatever its design, is an accessory to facilitate holding the violin.

A shoulder rest is something which is used by people who play the violin or the viola.

A shoulder rest can also be used.

Not all players use a shoulder rest.

I put one of the long magazines into the butt and clipped the shoulder rest into place.

The shoulder rest is an accessory that can be found on violins and violas.

He is noted for using the older technique of resting the violin on the shoulder without a shoulder rest, rather than held under the chin.

Wannstedt ought to let the shoulder rest aplenty.

The launcher has a shoulder rest and forward pistol grip, both of which may be adjusted to suit the firer.

The shoulder rest must not be confused with the chinrest, which is the bit on which the player rests his chin.

The stock was also fitted with a hinged shoulder rest for improved user comfort when firing from a prone position.

A bump stock fits over a rifle's "buffer tube," replacing the gun's shoulder rest.

The rear of the stock forms the actual shoulder rest which contains the hammer unit and the end of the bolt path.

The committee's concerns included the type of shoulder rest, chin rest and strings Ms. Carter would be using.

Using a violin shoulder rest to keep the nyckelharpa away from the body so it can swing freely also causes it to sound more open.

Baroque violins are not fitted with a chin rest and are played without a shoulder rest.

Previously she worked as marketing director for the Kun shoulder rest company in Ottawa Canada.

A shoulder rest can dampen the instrument's tone by decreasing the vibrations of the back of the instrument.

On the whole the shoulder rest does little to enhance technique or sound, and is largely undesirable in the world of Historically Informed Performance.