Lesson #5 "First Character, then ability."

Lesson #5
September 22nd, 2010

Quote of the Week:
by Dr. Suzuki’s alma mater, Nagoya Commercial School
“First character, then ability.” p.66 in "Nurtured by Love"

Review:
Crawling spider with bow
Names of strings (Every Alligator Does Good), parts of violin
Umbrella hand (slide left hand back and forth on neck- must be relaxed and touching first finger to thumb)
Finger #’s on tapes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Square fingers(left hand positioned at back of fingerboard,thumb by 1st finger tape,wrist back)
Positioning the violin on the shoulder correctly: "Split, Step with feet, then Stop, Turn, Ear, Shoulder, Head with violin"
Everyone stand in lion position (violin on shoulder with bow hand on opposite shoulder, without bow) while I play entire Twinkle Variations and Theme!
A Scale (Open A=no fingers, 1st finger on A, otherwise written as A1, then A2, A3, Open E, E1, E2, E3)

New:
A scale backwards (E3,E2,E1,Open E, A3, A2, A1, Open A)
Play scales one time with each rhythm:
(Miss-is-si-ppi Hot-dog, Run Po-ny Run Po-ny, Wish-I-Had-A-Mo-tor-cy-cle, Slee-py (shh) Girl)
Preview of Miss. Hotdog song : Play Open E (roll bow, place all 3 fingers on tapes), Play 3, Play 2, Play 1

Next Week:
Student teaches parent! Bow hold, 5 steps, Left arm form, A scale with Mississippi Hotdog
Read book about practice and discuss practice charts
Learn to play “Twinkle Variations”- learn notes by plucking first
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