Lesson #3 "A work of art"

Lesson #3
September 8,2010

Deep Thought of the Day
by Dr. Suzuki
"A work of art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility, and ability."
p.83 "Nurtured by Love"

Review:
Bow hold- practice agility doing the Crawling Spider
Who can go to the tip and back 1st?
Musical Feet without violin
Rest Position to Playing Position in 5 steps
Is foot lined up with scroll?
Play rhythms on E string- between bridge and fingerboard
Open and close elbow, bend wrist to keep bow straight

New:
Rolling bow across all 4 strings- elbow moves up and down
Names of strings: E,A,D,G (Good Dogs Always Eat) or (Eat Apples During Golf)
Can you think of an acronym?
Playing Rhythms on A string
Finger #’s: 1st finger is pointer finger, 2nd, 3rd finger is ring finger, 4th is pinky.

Next Week:
Put tapes on fingerboard for 1st, 2nd, 3rd fingers
Playing with square fingers
Learn to play the A scale
One stroke for each note
Rhythms for each note