![]() Then they can play the quavers/eighth notes at both ends of the bow.īecause the phrases begin and end with an upbow, students must obviously play two upbows consecutively. They may want to start the first upbow from the upper half of the bow, but teach them how to begin in the middle. They can also practise the bowing on open strings at home before learning the notes. BowingĮven very young students will learn the bowing of O Come Little Children just by bowing along on open E string with the others at group class. The main study points to teach are the upbows at the start of phrases and the smooth and shapely legato bowing of the melody itself. O Come Little Children has origins as a Christmas hymn. We hoped to get the holes dug in the morning before the afternoon heat made heavy labour unbearable… Read More → It was tough going, despite our digging workforce of half a dozen men. Being summer, the earth was particularly hard, so we were forced to use long heavy crowbars to break up the dry clay soil. The large hall had to be mounted on stumps in the ground, so our first job was to dig 50 or so holes. We all chipped in to buy an old wooden hall, which we were to transport, erect and refurbish on the school grounds. This idea reminds me of the time friends and I helped put up a building for our little local school. “Teacher, I learned two songs this week!” ![]() ![]() He knew that a greater sense of achievement and growth would result from occasionally putting an easier piece after a challenging one. Insightful observations of children gave him an uncanny understanding of the child mind. I suspect Suzuki arranged the order of pieces with this in mind. Why did Suzuki deliberately place Andantino after Allegretto in the repertoire? If each new piece was predictably more difficult, progress would be less interesting. It’s a pleasant stroll with a breezy third phrase for some exuberant singing among the flowers. The title is particularly apt: whereas andante indicates a walking pace, Suzuki’s Andantino is a little walk in the park. Andantino is an undemanding and amicable piece, a gift from Suzuki to young violinists who’ve worked hard to learn and play the more challenging Allegretto. ![]()
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