Suzuki guitar video, not starring my daughter

The Suzuki Association of America has just posted a very nice 11-minute video titled The Sound of Success: Suzuki Method for Guitar. It’s a general overview, aimed at potential students and teachers. It includes brief interviews with some of the country’s best-known Suzuki-guitar teachers (Mary Lou Roberts; David Madsen, who put the video together; Andrea Cannon; Bill Kossler; and others).

Portions of the video were shot at the Suzuki Association’s national convention in 2010. At the time, the producers actually took some video of M for potential use in the video. I think she played Lightly Row. She was about 5 at the time, and had been playing for about six months. Alas, her scene was left on the cutting-room floor (for you youngsters who don’t know what film is, that means “her scene isn’t in the final video”).

But it’s a nice video, even without her.

Right-hand technique – videos

Today we worked on right-hand technique, and I took several videos during our practice as teaching tools. M has some habits that need changing — she plays from her elbow or wrist, not from her knuckles, and she plays from the underside of her nails — and I took these videos to help her see what she is doing and what she needs to change.

1. Suzuki’s Allegro – Take 1

2. Suzuki’s Allegro – Take 2

3. Long, Long Ago (rusty!)

4. Bach Tanz