For example I hadn't focused on spiccato (I can it when using lower bow closer to frog sometimes when I'm playing for fun). Most of what you mentioned, I get the concept and touch the surface of it, but wouldn't say i master it. To supplement Suzuki book, I practice scales (3 octaves) and arpeggios (Hrimaly scale book) and I haven't done many etudes.įrom the questions you ask, it seems like your student would be at much higher level than me when progressing to book 4. To be honest, I'm progressing much slower on book 4, it's a big jump, I spent 3-5 weeks on a piece. So far he's been happy w my progress, he doesn't seem to focus too much on expressions, but rather on getting the rhythm right, some finger/bow techniques if needed. I really like my teacher, his theory is to get what you need out of a piece and move on. naming the notes, recognizing major/minor key etc), but I'm okay w sight-reading, comfortable w easy pieces in suzuki book 2 for sure. Also my skills are not very balanced, I'm weak on theories, when I was a kid, I didn't study any theory, I'm trying to pick up (e.g. Maybe that's why the progress seems fast, things I learnt as a kid actually helped. When I decided wanting to play again, I found a great teacher and started from suzuki book 1. To be fair, I'm not an adult beginner starting from scratch scratch, I practiced from age 6 to 10, but stopped for 15+ years.
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