Focus on Review Month

One of the incredible things about learning through the Suzuki method in which other methods do not offer, is the ability to play any piece at the drop of a hat. Suzuki students when trained correctly are able to play any review piece at any time, without music and without preparation.

Welcome to our Focus on Review Month!

This past week everyone was put to an on the spot performance of a random review piece. We spoke about musical elements such as tone, notes, intonation, bowings, articulation, dynamics and musicality. Isn't it incredible the amount of things happening when we play a piece of music? And we haven't even mentioned posture! As musicians, we become incredible multi-taskers by paying attention to so many things at once.

During the next two weeks, everyone's job is to focus on their assigned review book that they chose in lesson, and be able to perform any of those pieces with clarity and confidence and by demonstrating the musical elements discussed on the evaluation form (there may just be an Easter treat at the end for everyone's hard work!)

"Listening until we can remember is not enough. We must listen until we cannot forget." - Shinichi Suzuki

Let's also include... 

"Playing until we can remember is not enough. We must play until we cannot forget."

Please continue to play and listen to all of your pieces. Let's strive to thoroughly master everything we learn so that we may never forget. Then our hard work has truly paid off. No matter what path you choose in life, you will always have the ability to play the violin, have numerous pieces you can play well and it will be a joy you will carry with you your entire life.