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Ask the Experts #10: Group Lessons
December 3, 2009 / Ask the Experts, Group Lessons, Elizabeth Stuen-Walker
10th installment. Should you use the same bowings for both violin and viola especially when leading or teaching a group class…Chorus and Musette? Yes, definitely use the same bowings for violin and viola, and most especially in a group class. You…that there may be one or two students (of either violin or viola) that might be doing different bowings, but as…or by ages, or if you teach several instruments (especially violin and viola), by instrument. Specifically, to answer the questions: With… Read more
Going forward with violin book 2 need help
July 28, 2009 / Book 2, Violin
not have great focus or stamina. Despite all he plays violin reasonably well…he has very very strong muscle memory and…than the bare minimum and he is like this in violin too…he will play what he wants to play and…care. I finally asked him if he wants to continue violin or if he wants to stop after we finish book…honestly DS is never going to be an athlete and violin is the only extra curricular activity he really shines in… Read more
Converting a violin to a viola
August 5, 2011 / Injury Prevention, Instrument Size, Viola, Violin
How do you change a violin to a viola. My son (3 1/2) wants to…to figure out how to convert a 1/10th size violin to a viola. What size strings would we need to…can do. The most practical is to take correctly sized violin strings, and move them all over a space- take the…G spot rather than an E so the re-strung violin would have two G strings. The little Sabatier violas sound… Read more
Ask the Experts #12: Musicality
January 20, 2010 / Ask the Experts, Pedagogy, Ronda Cole
insist upon them saying, “thank you,” after I tune their violin, and “Thank you for teaching me, Mrs. Cole” at the…is. They will usually open to some page of Suzuki Violin School. I reply that all I see there is white…be advancement toward the demise of the student as a violin player. If students are allowed to play in a way… Read more
2009 SAA Scholarship Recipients
January 1, 2010 / Scholarships
OH, David Einfeldt Memorial LeeAnn Sutton, CO, Carlson/Jabs Memorial Violin: Ruth Marie Ballance, NY, Clifford Cook Memorial Breana Bauman, IL…VA, Alberta Denk Memorial Adrienne Rene Caravan, VA, The Potter Violin Company Elsa Beatriz Castro, Argentina Joaquin Chibán, Argentina Adrienne… Read more
Tribute to Evelyn Hermann, Suzuki Institute of Dallas Founder
March 5, 2010 / Institutes, Memorial, Malori Fuchs
the Suzuki method. During this time, Dr. Hermann was teaching violin in Oregon, and her supervisor obtained the film. Dr. Hermann… Read more
Very frustrated, I can't seem to hold my violin right...
August 29, 2008 / Violin
My daughter (4) will be starting Suzuki violin lessons in a week or so—I have had 3…next week before she starts. I can’t get my violin hold right, however, and the teacher said she really hoped…long enough or something, I just can’t get the violin where it is supposed to be. I am overweight, so…instead of the standard one that came with the rental violin) but that doesn’t help. My jawbone just hits the… Read more
Celebrating Excellence 2009
December 7, 2009 / Fundraising
year’s collection features 11 performances—solos and ensembles—including violin, viola, cello, piano, guitar, and harp. We are grateful to… Read more
From Quebec to Guatemala with Music
January 1, 2010 / Guatemala, Latin America, Outreach, Quebec, Melanie Grenier
The first victim of my attempts to teach the violin was my own sister. She was six and I was…sister and I followed our hearts. Mine led to the violin, and I have made a living from it ever since…Guatemala. This year, for the first time since those early violin lessons, my sister and I found a project in common…Suzuki students, Suzuki teachers, the organizing committee, parents of young violin… Read more
Frustration with left thumb on violin
April 17, 2014 / Violin
months now), and she is finishing up Etude. She plays violin. We practice a lot, so so far she was progressing…she used to love practices), and wants to give up violin. (It doesn’t help that she has a twin sister…position, gives the student a tangible way to hold the violin neck. First hold up your left hand without the violin…where the left hand would normally go to play the violin. Make a straight line from the elbow up through the… Read more
Four Points of Relaxation for Violin Playing
January 24, 2014 / Violin
which have helped my students: Four Points of Relaxation for Violin Playing… Read more
Suzuki Violin Bowing & Fingerings
July 12, 2012 / Bow, Fingering, Violin
the ‘right’ fingerlings and bowings, one must remember a professional violin…Tiffany! Great post! My only comment is that “a professional violin…a registered Suzuki teacher. Dr. Merietta Oviatt Suzuki Specialist Viola/Violin Instructor Aber Suzuki Center, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point www…composer’s intent” very much. — Dr. Rafael Videira, DMA Violist—Violin and Viola Instructor—Conductor www.RafaelVideira.com So how do… Read more
Violin teacher in Marietta Georgia?
June 13, 2011 / Teachers, Violin
Smiles! Diane Diane http://www.myviolinvideos.com Videos of student violin recitals and violin tutorials. I’d recommend Katherine Jenkins or…Smiles! Diane Diane http://www.myviolinvideos.com Videos of student violin recitals and violin tutorials… Read more
Violin shop in Vancouver, BC
December 4, 2013 / Distance Learning, Instrument Care, Looking for a Teacher, Violin
the Vivaldi a minor, to get a 1/2 size violin. I only know shops in the States and was wondering…if anyone knows of a reputable violin shop in Vancouver where they could buy a decent 1…2 size violin. They are dedicated students so I think that by the…in Vancouver. Also, if anyone knows of a good Suzuki violin teacher in the Vancouver area, please let me know. Skype… Read more
CD's with violin part only for concertos?
May 30, 2008 / Violin
if any CD’s exist that have recorded only the violin parts of concertos? Do you mean the first and second…violin parts to the orchestra “by themselves”—or do you mean… Read more
Need to learn to read music- violin
January 22, 2014 / Violin
music. She is 6, has no reading background and plays violin. Are there any apps, books, youtube videos, games…etc that…memorize the note names, and then where they are the violin (that’s A, and its an open A, that’s…daughter’s young age, she can be tutored by a violin…Other than that, you can teach her how to play violin with flash cards, get inspiration from Youtube videos, ebook about… Read more
Ask the Experts #4: Teacher Mentors
November 4, 2009 / Ask the Experts, Teacher Development, Ruth Engle Larner
times). Ellie helped to introduce me to the larger Suzuki violin community in Colorado, referred students to me, hired me to… Read more
Violin Websites in One Place
August 1, 2008 / Violin, Website
know that I have a blog that lists lots of violin websites/resources. Let me know if you want your website…it out at http://www.allviolinallthetime.blogspot.com Thanks!! Happy Violin Playing!! Consider adding: Connie’s Violin Page Internet resources for…violin…violins.com/Home.html Free Handouts for Music Teachers & Students… Read more
Good classical violin music
December 1, 2013 / Violin
My girls started Suzuki violin this summer. They love it and they are progressing rapidly…I would like to expose them to some other great violin music, other than the Book 1 CD, which my whole…out there. :) However, I’d first recommend any of the violin/piano pieces by Fritz Kreisler. They are mainstays in the… Read more
Looking for Chinese Violin Songs for Performance
September 29, 2014 / Performance, Songs, Violin
Hello, I’m looking for some violin songs from China for my daughter violin’s performance. The… Read more
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