Lesson #4 "Fine Musicians"

Lesson #4
September 15th, 2010

Quote of the Day
by Dr. Suzuki
“The purpose of Talent Education is to train children, not to be professional musicians but to be fine musicians and to show high ability in any other field they enter.” p.79 of Nurtured by Love

Review:
Crawling spider (Bow hand/right hand)
Names of Strings: E,A,D,G
Can you think of an acronym to help you remember?
Rolling bow across all 4 strings: elbow/right arm moving up and down
5 steps to playing position- is foot lined up with scroll?
Play rhythms on E, A, D, and G strings saying, “1,2,ready,play.....stop,roll,play”
“Umbrella hand”: nice round and relaxed hand, move back and forth around the neck
Finger #’s: 1st,2nd,3rd,4th

New:
Practice “Square fingers” on left hand
Put tapes on fingerboard for 1st,2nd,3rd fingers
Play an A scale
one stroke for each note
playing a rhythm for each note, ie “Mississippi Hotdog” for each note

Next Week:
Learn to play Mississippi Hotdog from the “Twinkle Variations”
Hand out practice chart, Read book
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