TEACH SUZUKI

Yesterday, I had a fun lesson with one of my young students. We came up with a little pinkie practice exercise to get her using the pinkie m...

Long ago, I bought a bag of plastic chip counters from a store that specialized in teacher supplies. The chips are of two colors: red on one...

I wrote an earlier article about teaching Etude, but in my current timeline of discussing Suzuki Violin Volume One, this is the place where ...

Teaching this song is tricky if the student has not figured any of the notes on his or her own. I have not yet figured out what the secret...

In a previous post, I discussed the two pinkie finger pattern previews that I introduce when I begin to teach Perpetual Motion. To read mo...

Perpetual Motion marks the beginning of the intermediate section of Suzuki Violin Volume One and the halfway point of the book. In the first...

This song is the fifth song in Suzuki Violin Volume 1 and part of the beginning songs and skills of volume 1. The song is a German Christmas...

Many teachers put some sort of tape or marker on the beginning student's violin fingerboard to indicate where to place the violin finger...

Lightly Row is the first song in Suzuki violin book 1 that comes after the Twinkle variations, which are a tough act to follow. Therefore, D...

I have never enjoyed warming up. I understand the reasons why warming up is a good thing, but in general, I have never been very good at it....

I like to teach my students how to use the fourth finger as soon as I can under the belief system that "it's just as easy to use th...