PREPARING FOR ONLINE LESSONS

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1. Begin setting up 10-15 minutes before your scheduled lesson time. Set up in a quiet, distraction-free area. There should be no one else in the room if possible (with the exception of a parent engaging with a young child in the lesson). Make sure that your instrument and both hands are visible on camera.

 

2. Checklist of things you need to have ready to go for your lesson:

-Instrument

-Music stand

-All music books

-Pencil and highlighters

-Access to tracks and metronome

-Weekly sight reading assignment

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3. Tune your instrument using a digital tuner or tuning app (scroll down for suggestions).

Important: If you are an elementary school student who is new to tuning, please watch this video with your parents first.

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4. Get ready to Zoom! I recommend using a computer when possible, but smartphones and tablets work as well. On a computer, you should be able to play your tracks and use the online metronome all on the same computer. If you're Zooming from a phone or tablet, you'll need a separate device (metronome and CD player OR another phone/tablet with apps/tracks) for audio. Make sure your tracks are playing from speakers with adequate volume - either the computer speakers or another device connected to a Bluetooth or plugin speaker. Phones and tablets are NOT loud enough on their own. All my students know that they are already required to be practicing regularly at home with a metronome and their tracks, so this part should not be new!

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5. When you are ready and it's time for your lesson, click the link above to enter the virtual studio. You will first be placed in the virtual waiting room, and I will admit you when I finish with my previous student and am ready to begin your lesson!

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PRACTICE TRACKS

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I have put all practice tracks for each Suzuki book onto Google Drive. Please note that these tracks are intended only for students who have already purchased the book and CD so that we stay legal. DEMO means there is an instrument playing your part. BACKING TRACK means that it's the accompaniment only. When students are first learning a new song, they need to listen daily to the demo. When students are ready to pass off a song, they need to play it for me up to tempo with the backing track. To get a song up to tempo, students must increase the speed gradually using a metronome.

Please bookmark your current tracks for easy access.

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Suzuki Violin Book 1            SLOWER TEMPO

 

Suzuki Violin Book 2          SLOWER TEMPO

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Suzuki Violin Book 3          SLOWER TEMPO

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Suzuki Violin Book 4          SLOWER TEMPO

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Suzuki Violin Book 5          SLOWER TEMPO

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Suzuki Violin Book 6          SLOWER TEMPO

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Suzuki Viola Book 1           SLOWER TEMPO

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Suzuki Viola Book 2           SLOWER TEMPO

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Suzuki Viola Book 3           SLOWER TEMPO

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Suzuki Viola Book 4           SLOWER TEMPO

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Suzuki Cello Books 1&2     BOOK 1 SLOWER     BOOK 2 SLOWER

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Suzuki Cello Books 3&4     BOOK 3 SLOWER     BOOK 4 SLOWER

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NOTE READING

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Beginning students need to learn to read the notes on the staff.

Click below to view/print color-coded charts with note and rhythm reading information.

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VIOLIN NOTE READING

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VIOLA NOTE READING

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CELLO NOTE READING

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SCALES

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Beginning and elementary students should be practicing one-octave scales.

Click below to view/print required one-octave scale sheets.

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ONE-OCTAVE VIOLIN SCALES

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ONE-OCTAVE VIOLA SCALES

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ONE-OCTAVE CELLO SCALES

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Intermediate and advanced students should be practicing 2-3 octave scales.

Click below to view/print FCLYO required two-octave scales.

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TWO-OCTAVE VIOLIN SCALES

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TWO-OCTAVE VIOLA SCALES

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TWO-OCTAVE CELLO SCALES

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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There are various digital tuners, metronomes, and tuner/metronome combos available for purchase on Amazon. Here are some apps that are available as well:

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Digital Tuners

Tuner Lite (This is the one I highly recommend but it is iOS only)

ClearTune (available for a fee on iOS and Android)

Tuning Drone (for sustaining a pitch)

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Metronomes

Google Metronome

Metronomeonline.com (computer)

Pro Metronome app (iOS, also available on Android)

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