*Listening to the recordings and making time for consistent practice each day is the best way to see growth!
*Check out Mrs. Lowe's "Primary Suzuki Strings" tab on the Primary school's drop down menu for some great review!
*Please click on the links below for examples of your Suzuki book music. Don't forget to review "polished" songs, "preview" new songs and keep practicing hard on "working" songs. LISTEN EVERY DAY!
**NEW (6/15): Suzuki Practice YouTube Channel- Check out the fabulous YouTube channel created by the VCS orchestra directors and the wonderful string musicians of VHS. There is a playlist for each instrument and a video of each song of Book 1 for each. All videos start with a slower, "practice" speed, followed by a quicker "performance tempo" and end with a duet part that you can play along with. Please click on the link below to start practicing!
5/11: Using your scales to help practice your Suzuki Songs! Click on the correct instrument/song button below and play along to see how you can use your scales to practice different skills and techniques needed for your Suzuki songs. (If you need a review of your scales, check out your orchestra's tab to see all the scales you might need from last week!)
Violin:
-Click on the blue buttons below to hear all the songs in VIOLIN book 1 and 2. Remember to listen as much as you play! Follow along in your part, sing your letters, sing your finger numbers, play pizzicato and/or shadow bow with the recordings- that all counts as practicing too!
-Check out the TUTORIAL videos to the right for tutorials to play each song in book 1.
-If you are more advanced and needing more of a challenge, check out the DUET videos to the right. See you can play the melody along with the duet part!
VIOLIN TUTORIAL VIDEOS: (Click to make the video play in YOUTUBE. Then you can find the playlist to the right of the video on YouTube and scroll through until you find the song you are working on now!)
VIOLIN DUET VIDEOS (Click to make the video play in YOUTUBE. Then you can find the playlist to the right of the video on YouTube and scroll through until you find the song you are working on now!)
VIOLA:
-Click on the blue buttons below to hear all the songs in VIOLA book 1 and 2. Remember to listen as much as you play! Follow along in your part, sing your letters, sing your finger numbers, play pizzicato and/or shadow bow with the recordings- that all counts as practicing too!
-Click on the video to the right to see and play along with all of the songs in VIOLA, book 1!
-If you are more advanced and needing more of a challenge, check out the PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT videos to the right. See you can play the melody along with the piano part!
VIOLA play through videos: (Click to make the video play in YOUTUBE. Then you can find the playlist to the right of the video on YouTube and scroll through until you find the song you are working on now!)
VIOLA piano accompaniment videos- (Click to make the video play in YOUTUBE. Then you can find the playlist to the right of the video on YouTube and scroll through until you find the song you are working on now!)
Cello:
-Click on the blue buttons below to hear all the songs in CELLO book 1 and 2. Remember to listen as much as you play! Follow along in your part, sing your letters, sing your finger numbers, play pizzicato and/or shadow bow with the recordings- that all counts as practicing too!
-Check out the TUTORIAL videos to the right for tutorials to play each song in book 1.
-If you are more advanced and needing more of a challenge, check out the PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT videos to the right. See you can play the melody along with the piano part!
CELLO tutorial videos: (Click to make the video play in YOUTUBE. Then you can find the playlist to the right of the video on YouTube and scroll through until you find the song you are working on now!)
CELLO piano accompaniment videos- (Click to make the video play in YOUTUBE. Then you can find the playlist to the right of the video on YouTube and scroll through until you find the song you are working on now!)
Bass:
-Click on the blue button below to hear all the songs in BASS book 1. Remember to listen as much as you play! Follow along in your part, sing your letters, sing your finger numbers, play pizzicato and/or shadow bow with the recordings- that all counts as practicing too!
-Check out the TUTORIAL videos to the right for tutorials to play each song in book 1.
BASS TUTORIAL: (Click to make the video play in YOUTUBE. Then you can find the playlist to the right of the video on YouTube and scroll through until you find the song you are working on now!)