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0:00/2:27
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0:00/3:14
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0:00/1:28
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Brahms Sonata #3 9:010:00/9:01
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Bach Cello Suite #5 23:450:00/23:45
'Once Upon My Cheek'
'Flight of the Bumblebee'
End of Year Dances
Upcoming Performances
Review Ideas
“how many days a week should we practice?”
Dr. Suzuki: “Only on the days that you eat.”
Review comprises around 50% of our playing and practice time.
Regular review cultivates “Effortless Mastery” : a high level of craftsmanship, confidence, musicality, easefulness and self-expression.
In the course of a year, we try different kinds of review in order to keep everything interesting, fresh and inspiring.
Try Reviewing for one week:
5 songs a day
One book per day
Everything by Bach
Everything in 3/4
Everything in 4/4
Everything in 6/8
Everything in G major
Songs you are in the mood for
Songs you are not in the mood for
All the Minuets
Polish 5 songs this week
4 or 5 review songs, and play them a home concert
Songs that are like the weather is today
Songs that remind you of summer vacation
Everything with bow circles in it
Everything in a minor key
Songs with a shift to second position
Songs with an extended position
A song you avoid reviewing
Songs with quarter notes and eighth notes…or short and longs bow strokes
Songs that start up bow
Everything by a baroque composer
Everything by a classical composer
Everything by a romantic composer
Songs with one, or more slow bow strokes
Songs with staccato bow strokes
Songs with legato bow strokes
For best rich tone
For moving freely when you play
For “soft eyes”, looking around the room
For breathing freely when you play
With your eyes closed
As if you are performing on the radio
With Distractions
Concentrating on something your teacher is bringing to your attention
Songs with fast up bow to the frog, or to the grip
Concentrating on bow planning
Concentrating on Left elbow, right elbow, left wrist or right wrist
Concentrating on bow distribution
Concentrating on bow placement
Concentrating on bow speeds
Concentrating on what left thumb is doing, where it is, and why
Concentrating on bow changes at the frog
Concentrating on bow changes at the tip
Concentrating on smooth, accurate shifting
For creating dynamics that are written in the music
For articulations that belong in this piece
For shaping the phrases
For beautiful vibrato
For creating ends of phrases that are obvious.
For being aware of something today that you were not aware of before
You can discover another review idea, right? Write it down below. Bravo!!