One of the MOST IMPORTANT things to do over the summer is keep up with your review songs. Why is review so important? Success—Your student has worked very hard to build the memory, skills, and technique to successfully play each piece. Don’t waste all his/her efforts! Let your student have …
Remember those Scramble Game cards? The ones that look an awful lot like part of an Uno game? Pull them out this week and scramble the sections of at least one of your review songs every day. Extra credit if you do it and write me a note on your …
Try something different with your review songs this week! Play at least one of your review songs every day while standing up instead of sitting down. Violinists, you should be standing anyway so try standing on just your left foot. For extra credit, write me a note on your practice …
To stop training as soon as one can do something does not mean that it is truly absorbed. One must continue to …
Ability equals knowledge plus 10,000 times. –Shinichi Suzuki Knowing the right way isn’t enough. It is very possible to know lots of …
(part 5 of 5 from the article How and Why We Review) How can we make practicing review songs more interesting? Play the …
(part 4 of 5 from the article How and Why We Review) What happens if we skip review? OK, let’s be honest here. …
(part 3 of 5 from the article How and Why We Review) What should we review? Twinkles—The Twinkle variations contain the basic techniques …
(part 2 of 5 from the article How and Why We Review) Why should review be part of every practice? (continued from previous …
(part 1 of 5 from the article How and Why We Review) Why should review be part of every practice? Success—Your student …
