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Hello, I was wondering if you, Noa, have had any further encounters with or insights into the problem of extreme right hand tension during slow/soft playing since you replied to this post? It is an issue that crops up for me in performances when there is a passage with slow-moving or held notes (perhaps 5+ seconds per bow) with static or decreasing dynamic moving towards the heel, even worse when string crossings are involved. At such moments the arm and hand freeze, the bow simply judders to a halt, and I am forced to wait for the next bow change while my colleagues play on. It is really a blight that can occur in almost any performance setting, provided the music involves playing of the kind I described. I despair of finding a solution as it seems like a deeply ingrained psychosomatic problem. Any further help would be gratefully received.