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February Suzuki Quote

The purpose of Talent Education is to train children, not to be professional musicians but to be fine musicians and to show high ability in any other field they enter.  –Shinichi Suzuki It is important to remember that the goal is more than just technical proficiency or some sort of …

Practice 4

(part 4 of 8 from the article How to Practice) How should we practice? Practice does not mean sitting in front of the piano poking away until a 30 minute timer goes off.  Practice does not mean playing as quickly as possible through a list of pieces and triumphantly shouting “All …