Study Sheets

Every day when I teach my students, part of my “getting ready to teach ritual” includes the creation of a study sheet for each student.
These study sheets are created in Word and are taylored to each individual student. They are made with tables and have seven check boxes so that they can mark off their [...]

Holding the Horsehair for Beautiful Tone

Notes from my studies with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
In a desperate attempt to get us to understand tone, Suzuki Sensei would say, “Only horsehair play you!� This means we should make sound using only the horsehair of the bow.
One day in group lesson, he handed out tissue paper– one piece for everyone. I [...]

Circle bows from Suzuki Sensei

This is a handout explaining circle bows from Suzuki Sensei given at the International Teachers Convention in Hawaii. I'm sorry it is difficult to read; it is from 1977.
You can click on the image and see the larger image which is easier to read

Upside Down Bow – Balanced Bow

 
Notes from my studies with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
 

Every Monday afternoon each week there was a concert for Suzuki Sensei in the Concert Hall. It was called Getsu Con or Monday Concert and it was several hours long. This was such a great way to begin a week of tone study! Suzuki [...]

Listen to your CD…er … iPod!

I always remind my students at every lesson to listen to their Suzuki Violin music (right??) Mother Tongue Method means lots of listening.
It started when I was a little girl studying Suzuki Method violin and I listened to the records. The first Suzuki record that I heard was the floppy red kind! Then, as [...]

montage-a-google

Give it a try! 
(found out about it on Southern Gal Goes North)  

Concerts

I’m watching a video of my students performing the 2003 Christmas Concert. The sound is pretty good. I’m amazed to see how much the younger ones have progressed! This year they will all be playing many more songs! When they were listening to the more advanced students playing the more difficult pieces back in 2003, [...]

Referers is back!

The referers link is back on the dashboard!
Excellent.