There are many rewards that come with practicing at home with your child. You have the opportunity to find out how your child learns new concepts, you have daily one on one time with your child, and you both get to experience music together which can be a great bonding experience. There can also be challenges with daily practice sessions and sometimes getting the instrument out and getting started is the hardest part of all. Young children (I'm…
Music Tip Monday: Keep a Practice Log Keep a log of each day that you practice. Intermediate and advanced students may want to log how many minutes they practiced as well. It can be really helpful for your teacher to be able to see if you need more help learning a concept or if you just need to put in more time making it easy for yourself with practice. A practice log will also help YOU during the week. If…
I cannot emphasise the importance of listening to the Suzuki recordings enough for every Suzuki student. In my experience, students who listen regularly learn their pieces much more easily, and can spend more time on developing dynamics and musicality (among other skills) rather than having to focus solely on learning the notes. Another thing I have noticed over the years, is that students who are exposed to music regularly outside scheduled lessons and practice routines have a great advantage…
Tomorrow is the first of February and many people have already abandoned the new year's resolutions they made only a month ago. I tend to avoid new year's resolutions for this reason. Instead, I usually make a few long-term goals for each area of my life and I urge you to do the same for your music goals this year. Whatever side of the Suzuki Triangle you are (the student, parent or teacher) it can help to keep…