Observe Suzuki Violin Lessons 006

So if she breaks eye contact like that, just stop counting. Oh, okay. Let's call it the watch again. Okay, ready? Go back, make sure you're in rest position so you can start in rest position. Your feet work. We're going to do the, we're going to put your little bug up there, okay? No, I wish we had that little pink rug. Okay, go ahead and put your feet in the right place. That's a little too far behind, a little close. Now do step one. Step two. Step three. Okay, now we've got one, down to three. Go back to rest position. Oh, can we go to play position again and do it with the bell? Okay. Aren't you doing it, y'all are doing the helicopter trick? Yes, but that, this bow movement to the twinkle song on the CD, that's what we were doing. Okay, on the violin or on the shoulder? On the shoulder. Oh, okay. Want us to skip that? No, you can do it. Okay. On the violin. I'll just see a couple of those. Okay. Oh, you're gonna have to imagine. Or do you want me to sing it for you? Do you wanna imagine or do you want me to sing it? Maybe just a bread. That's okay. Just don't forget about your pinky. Okay, I'll look at your hand. Twinkle, twinkle, little star. Oh, make sure your pinky stays bent. How I wonder what you are. Helicopters. Oh, we forgot the feet. Rest position. All the way to rest position. No, no, start at rest position. With your feet in rest position. There you go. Now, feet. We're going to play position now. So, change your feet. Good. Step one, step two, step three. And these are your helicopters. You wanna touch my hand today? Mm-hmm. Okay, wait, no, no, no. I've got it, oh, I think it's close enough. Mm-hmm. Don't worry. We're gonna wear our purple. Yes, two. Fix your pinky. Three. Okay, tone builder. All right, so make sure you have a good bow hold and go ahead and put your bow where the purple. There you go. Let's fill a little space here. Okay, there we go. Okay, so what we're gonna do, I'll do the first one and then you do the second. Hey, loose turn, ready, one. Hey, loose turn, ready, two. Good, okay, is that good enough for purple? Yeah, that's good. Okay. Oh, hang in 30 seconds and then I'll. Okay, so let's do our. Go ahead and hang while we do 30 seconds only. Okay, okay. And now the four shapes, ready? One, two, three. Oh, but fingers have to be together. One, two, three. Wait, let me see your three. Yeah, that's right. Three and four. I can't see your straight fingers. Okay, four. Okay, good job. And then we're gonna pluck. Ready? Go to rest position. Don't forget to put your feet in rest position. And then your imaginary rope. Okay, good, let go. Rest position is, there you go. All right, all right, step one. Step two, forget it. Oh, your feet. Just go back here, we'll start from there. Okay, step one. Oh, that's your thumb, that's your thumb. Your thumb, yeah, there you go. Step one, step two. Where's step two? That's step three, yes. Step two, step three. All right, step four. Wait, wait, wait, where are you supposed to be plucking? Is it over the black area? There you go. Don't forget to pluck up. Try ground, ground, ground again, pluck up. Ready? Get over here. This is technically our last lesson of the semester. Okay. And like I was talking about in the junior cadet class, we're definitely gonna want to see if you can do some things for winter break. Okay. Whether that be video or meeting up in person. Okay. So, Hilary, will you hold the scroll? Hilary, will you hold the scroll, please? So we have about eight weeks off. Okay. So ideally, in eight weeks, she would be starting, and we would be like working through the twinkles. So that's a lot of ground to cover without you seeing me, right? Okay. So we'll need to talk about that. Okay, yeah, whatever works best for you is fine. I already have, I have about six days planned that I'm meeting up with Santee and Tita and with Jenny Thomas. Okay. Some of my other students. So they'll be coming in. So I can send you those dates. That's good. And y'all can come on those days. That works. Yeah. You ready for our lesson? I'm good. All right, Hilary, let's get to work. We have a lot of new things to work on today. All righty. Play position feet. Make sure your feet are out like that. Yeah, and heels out a little bit more. So the way that you do it is, here are your shoulders, right? And if we followed your shoulders all the way down, your feet should be right under your shoulders. Just a little more like that. One, two, number two, three. Okay, keep your hand on here. And six, put the hand over here. Okay, so she's gonna keep her hand over, won't she? That's good. Let's do some quick helicopter landings. So, Haley, I want you to draw the straightest line between where my finger is, the purple. And the string. Okay, go. All right, so to me, it looked like you went, near, uh-oh, boop. I want you to just go straight to the purple. Ready, go. That was better, good. Relax your arm. All right, here you go, ready, and land. There's a little bit of a circle in here. Just go straight down. Your turn. Boom, now come straight out to my hand. Yeah, and I want you to touch the purple to my hand. Yeah, and now go straight to the string. Go straight to my hand. Straight to the string. My turn. Really like the sound of my Mississippi sub-sub. Did you like the sound of that? Okay, you try and make one. Okay. You moved your elbow back and forth. You wanna keep it in the same spot. My turn. Haley's turn, ready, go. Oh my goodness. Could you hear the difference in that sound? Haley, you were opening up. That was fantastic. My turn. You put the hand back on your shoulder. Haley's turn, ready, go. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Mm-hmm. Good, okay, now I'm gonna get really picky because that sounded great. Watch your bow. Put your eyes on your bow. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Haley's turn, ready, go. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Okay, did you land on the purple, underneath the purple, or on top of the purple? Underneath, so you need to go. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Your turn, ready, go. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Closer, did you land exactly underneath it? Nope. Haley's turn, ready, go. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Oops, try again. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Haley's turn, ready, go. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. So when you're riding along with me, we land exactly there. Then all you have to do is do that again. Just do exactly what you do when I drive. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Haley's turn, same thing. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. There, good. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Haley's turn, ready, go. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Close, so at home, you get really particular about those. Okay, all right, rest position. Thank you, okay, violin away. Here's my hook, will you hang your fingers from my hook? That feels great, let's do the violin hand. Now you hold up your fingers. Don't squeeze, just hold them up in the air. So if I drop your fingers, boom, they fall. I'm holding them, okay, you're holding them. I'm holding them, heavy arm, you're not hanging. Okay, you hold. All right, step closer to me. That looks so great. She has a beautiful straight wrist, really soft thumb, fingers curved over. Did you know, do you have a favorite violinist? Now you're not hanging, hang down here. Do you have a favorite violinist that you know? My favorite violinist, I think, is Hilary Hong, maybe. I really like Hilary Hong, and when she plays her violin, her hand looks just like this. Just like this, hold up your hand. Can you make the shape, make that shape on top of the marker? Now you're gonna keep that shape, but you're gonna hang down your arm. Be like spaghetti, good. So the only strong spot are the tips of your fingers. Everything else is relaxed. Good for you, that feels good. Okay, now go back.