Hito wa Kankyou no ko Nari…. People are the Children of their environments…

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This Painting from Suzuki Sensei means (in my translation) “People become the child of their environments” or as it is more often translated, “Man is the son of his environment”
This has been my shikishi forever. Every time I received a painting from Dr. Suzuki, it said that phrase out of the hundreds of quotes [...]

New Idea~!

Sit calmly in a comfortable chair….
Along with your students and parents ….
Be very still and quiet  and together gently listen to the wonderful tone of Fritz Kreisler on a DVD.   VERY good speakers are preferable (although whatever kinds of speakers are available will work- iPods won’t work for this unless they have speakers or [...]

Dr. Suzuki Teaching

25 hours of Videos of Dr. Suzuki from 1976

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

First page of my Philosophy Paper for Teacher Trainer Application

Well folks, here it is…. page 1. 771 words. The paper needs to be 1500 to 1800 words, typed, double spaced with bibliography and footnoted references. Must include the statement “Every Child Can Learn” and show two specific way that Dr. Suzuki’s ideas are implemented in your studio. I [...]

Well I just practiced for an hour and it felt good. I made a video of some of it. It’s up to 110-112 now. But of course I still need to practice it slowly. It’s always interesting to watch and listen to the video since it turns out so differently from [...]

Suzuki Graduation Concert January 18, 2007

Our Graduation Concert was a huge success last night! I’m all warm and excited by how well it went.
This is a shikishi painted by Dr. Suzuki that we had presented to the students on their graduation Certificate. It means, “When Love is Deep , Much Can be Accomplished”.
We had 35 Teachers
135 [...]

Dr. Suzuki’s Message to Graduates

A Message to Graduates from Dr. Suzuki
Congratulations on your achievement. Please remember as you are advancing with your music, the study of tone becomes foremost. There are many kinds of sound. Please work with your teacher to study tonalization…

beautiful sound
ringing tone
clear. clean smal tone

When listening to the performing artist on the CD, you can hear [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]