SUZUKI STRINGS (1st Grade)
Welcome to the Suzuki Program!
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We are so thrilled to have your student in our program! This page has been created to help beginners and parents throughout the year. Your students will want to open and practice their instruments at home and this is what we want as well. Parents can help facilitate practicing and our instructional videos should aid in this process. Students will have assignments written in their books each week so you will know what they are to do on that particular week. For your child’s success, please help your child find a daily practice time.
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We have created a Parent Beginning Student Packet to help all of our new families learn more about our program and help their students practice at home.
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Suzuki Concert Reminders
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Concert dress for the day performance:
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New blue music t-shirts and pants
Concert dress for the evening performance
Black Dress Shirt/Black Dress
Black or solid dark slacks or skirt
Black Dress shoes
Please start reviewing old songs and remember you play only those you have passed and can still play by memory.
For your child’s success, please help your child find a daily practice time.
Video Demonstrations
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Violin
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Parts of the Violin
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Bow Hold Step #1: On Marker
Bow Hold Step #2: On Bow
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Ant Song (Pizz.)
Monkey Song
Hot Cross Buns (Pizz)
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Lightly Row
Song of the Wind
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Scotland's Burning*
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Viola
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Parts of the Viola**
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Bow Hold Step #1: On Marker
Bow Hold Step #2: On Bow
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Ant Song (Pizz.)
Monkey Song
Hot Cross Buns (Pizz.)
Hot Cross Buns (Bow)*
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Twinkle Variation C*
Twinkle Variation D*
Twinkle Variation E*
Twinkle Theme*
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French Folk Song
Lightly Row
Song of the Wind
Scotland's Burning*
Cello
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Cello Basics : Cello Bow Parts
Parts of the Cello
Unpacking soft cello case
Packing up soft cello case
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Cello 1st lesson
Cello left hand fingers & tapes
Monkey Song
Twinkle Finger Pattern Song Sheet
Bow Tube-Mississippi Stop Stop
1st bow exercise-Mississippi Stop Stop on the A String
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Twinkle Variation A (Mississippi Stop Stop)*
Twinkle Variation B (D D shh D)*
Twinkle Variation C (Big Little or Grasshopper)*
Twinkle Variation D (Wish I Had a Million Dollars)*
Twinkle Variation E (Strawberry Blueberry)*
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French Folk Song
Lightly Row
Song of the Wind
*Required Piece for All 1st Graders
** Strings for viola/cello are A,D,G & C