We have summarized the journey through Book One with a list of PIVOTAL MOMENTS. (In my first year of teaching, working with Nancy Kredel and the Paul Rolland approach, I remember checking daily Paul Rolland’s Prelude to String Playing to make sure that I was covering all the important points.) I hope you find it helpful to take a look at the Check List before starting Book One, during the teaching of the book, and after the completion of the book. It outlines the technical and musical goals of this stage of violin playing with a suggested sequence.Ī companion to A TEACHER’S GUIDE TO SUZUKI BOOK ONE, is a Check List which organizes the material by topic. This Teacher’s Guide is indeed a guide, not a mandate. Even when the student moves on to the next piece, work continues on the previous piece until it is mastered. When the teacher feels the student is not ready to continue to the next piece, supplementary repertoire can and should be added. Since each student has a unique combination of strengths and weaknesses, all tasks may not be mastered by the end of each piece. The Teacher’s Guide will help organize a student’s course of study and select the appropriate starting point to review tasks that have not yet been mastered. This guide can be used as a checklist for technical, musical and theoretical concepts the student will accomplish while studying each piece within Book One. HOW TO PRACTICE (Bow Strokes, Bow Division and Use of the Fingers) MASTERING THE NEW AND DIFFERENT (Practicing the Difficulties) WHAT’S NEW AND DIFFERENT (Isolation of Difficulties) In the Teacher’s Guide to Book One, the format for discussing how to teach each piece is: For the first lessons, review the Pre-Twinkle Check List.Please see VOLUME ONE: Starting the Beginning Violinist for the teaching of repertoire through the Twinkle Variations. Sample Practice Assignment ( Long, Long Ago)Ī Teacher’s Guide to Book One begins with Lightly Row.A TEACHER’S GUIDE TO SUZUKI BOOK ONE (from Lightly Row)
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