Re: David Russell tip question

Alcibiades wrote:

From Tennant's Pumping Nylon, on slurs:

"Don't think of bringing the finger up any further above the string
than half an inch to an inch, or pressing down on the string any
harder.... Work speed, not force and tension, into your slurs."

Read my site on slurs and do as I say. Who the hell is Tennant?
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