25 hours of Videos of Dr. Suzuki from 1976

Translated
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/Arts/subcollections/SuzukiAbout.shtml

Good Tone Twinkler

I have a new Twinkler who has very beautiful Tone… and here is her secret…
Each time before she begins, she does a complete round of:
“Tick Tock Land and Stop” *
“Teeter Totter to A”**
“Wait Wait Ready Go” ***
And then she starts!
*From Cathy Lee in San Francisco
** My own invention- natural balance string change
*** Ed [...]

15 minutes advanced lesson

Lully Gavotte Preparation

Here’s a link to part of the video with the student on Lully Gavotte

Bow exercises, circle bows and upside down bow

Book One student on Perpetual Motion.

Elbow First

Elbow First

Please look over these points about violin playing by Dr. Suzuki:

Important Points on Violin Playing ~

(1) Practice the correct half-circle motion with the right elbow (upper arm).

(2) In order to make nice tone while playing down-bow, you must use the elbow.

(3) To make a ringing sound, use the [...]

International Suzuki Conference

At the International Suzuki Conference in Torino, Miss Mori taught us how to increase tone volume by playing with an upside down bow. She teaches all of Book One with upside down bow. I have been doing it for a week now and my tone is much bigger! The students are [...]

Ideas

Here are some ideas that I have had about violin playing that are helping me while playing one or two Nutcracker Ballets almost every day this past month…

2nd finger 3rd position E on the A string, go slightly lower so it won’t ring too much with the open E (the sound of the sympathetic open [...]

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