Monday - We had lessons, it was just Natalie and I cause Sophi stayed to go to Activity days. So I had a 40 minute lesson! It was great. She had me practice by playing it very slowly and deliberately - not slurring my sounds together in Minuet 2 - Set your finger, Set your Bow, then Go - "Set, Bow, Go"
Tuesday - AM - Scales and vibrato for 20 min playing Piano Guys Fight Song
Wednesday - Suzuki reviews, Minuet 2 for an hour
Thursday - G scale, then worked on Minuet 1, 2, and 3 today
Friday - Suzuki review
Saturday - Suzuki review, Minuets
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Feb 17 - 21
Monday - 20 minutes vibrato practice, 5 min each finger. Here's a link to my current playing ability of Minuet 1. After Sophi and Natalie I had a 15 minute lesson, Amy said I'm on good track for learning vibrato and to just keep practicing, but this week I'm going to do 3-5 finger vibrations each length of the bow.
Tuesday - Perpetual motion with Sophi, a little bit of vibrato practice, and some Minuet 1 and Minuet 2
Wednesday - 30 minuets of review and Minuet 1 and 2
Thursday - I did like 2 hours today - Suzuki review, G scale, Perpetual motion with Sophi, and I worked a lot on Minuet 2, plue 20 min of vibrato practice
Friday - nothing, doh!
Saturday - 30 min of review and Minuet 2
Tuesday - Perpetual motion with Sophi, a little bit of vibrato practice, and some Minuet 1 and Minuet 2
Wednesday - 30 minuets of review and Minuet 1 and 2
Thursday - I did like 2 hours today - Suzuki review, G scale, Perpetual motion with Sophi, and I worked a lot on Minuet 2, plue 20 min of vibrato practice
Friday - nothing, doh!
Saturday - 30 min of review and Minuet 2
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Feb 10 - 15
Monday - About a 15 minute lesson after Sophi and Natalie were done. I did a G scale, she said my tone is a lot better. I'm still working on tone for Minuet 1, and we did a little bit of Minuet 2. Amy tried to show me how to do vibrato. At home I practiced 5 minutes of vibrato on each finger on the A string, per this youtube guy's instructions.
Tuesday - 5 minutes of vibrato on each finger on the A string
Wednesday - Suzuki book 1 review in the morning. G scales for 15 minutes. 5 minutes of vibrato on each finger on the A string. Perpetual motion with Sophi
Thursday - 20 minutes of vibrato practice, 5 min each finger. G scale play along to Piano Guys Fight Song
Friday - 20 minutes of vibrato practice, 5 min each finger. G scale and Suzuki book 1 review for 40 minutes
Saturday - 20 minutes of vibrato practice, 5 min each finger. G scale and Suzuki book 1 review
Tuesday - 5 minutes of vibrato on each finger on the A string
Wednesday - Suzuki book 1 review in the morning. G scales for 15 minutes. 5 minutes of vibrato on each finger on the A string. Perpetual motion with Sophi
Thursday - 20 minutes of vibrato practice, 5 min each finger. G scale play along to Piano Guys Fight Song
Friday - 20 minutes of vibrato practice, 5 min each finger. G scale and Suzuki book 1 review for 40 minutes
Saturday - 20 minutes of vibrato practice, 5 min each finger. G scale and Suzuki book 1 review
Monday, February 10, 2020
Brief History of My Violin Efforts
So, I'm starting another online log for myself to keep track of my violin practicing and stuff.
Quick history - my daughter Sophi started violin in August 2018 at my husbands request. I was approaching the 3rd trimester of pregnancy with our 12th child, so I was not about to take on more things to do. So I told him that was fine, but he had to be the one making it happen - aka the one taking her to lessons and helping her practice. Cause I didn't have energy for it now and wouldn't have the time after the baby was born. Plus I don't know anything about violin. Corey picked her up dutifully from school each Thursday and then outsourced the teaching to Melodie, my then senior in high school. Mel would meet them at the teacher's house and would sit in the lessons with Sophi so that she could help her. Summer of 2019, Mel was getting ready to leave for college and it dawned on me that she wouldn't be around to help Sophi. Corey also wanted Natalie to start lessons. My baby was now 6 months old, so I'm still nursing him but we're getting a handle on juggling life, so I felt I could take this over now. I took it upon myself to prep to be their new parental instructor. But since I had zero knowledge of violin, I thought I better learn a little bit. On a whim I looked up used violins on the classifieds, saw one that was less than $100, and so I got it so I could start to learn a little. That one wasn't great, so I got a few more and I really enjoyed fiddling around with it! And that's how and why I started to learn violin as a 43 year old.
I caught up to my 2nd grader pretty quickly in the Suzuki book and our violin teacher says that I'm her best student at practicing, yay for me! We have lessons on Mondays, and after Sophi and Natalie get their instruction, I jump in for a quick 10 minute lesson.
I played in the group Christmas recital with my girls on 19 Dec 2019.
The web address of this blog is amaviolinist - which wasn't my first choice but it was available. I was going for a "Mom violinist" or "Too old to begin practicing violin"-ish kinda name. The idea behind AMA cause that is an acronym that describes me, or did during my last pregnancy, cause AMA stands for Advanced Maternal Age. So I'm an Advanced Maternal Age violinist. It kinda sounds like "I'm a violinist", it's also kinda fun, cause it's almost like "I love" in spanish - amo. I don't know if it will lead to anything amazing, but I like it and it brings me joy, I think it will bring me more joy the more I practice and the better I get.
Quick history - my daughter Sophi started violin in August 2018 at my husbands request. I was approaching the 3rd trimester of pregnancy with our 12th child, so I was not about to take on more things to do. So I told him that was fine, but he had to be the one making it happen - aka the one taking her to lessons and helping her practice. Cause I didn't have energy for it now and wouldn't have the time after the baby was born. Plus I don't know anything about violin. Corey picked her up dutifully from school each Thursday and then outsourced the teaching to Melodie, my then senior in high school. Mel would meet them at the teacher's house and would sit in the lessons with Sophi so that she could help her. Summer of 2019, Mel was getting ready to leave for college and it dawned on me that she wouldn't be around to help Sophi. Corey also wanted Natalie to start lessons. My baby was now 6 months old, so I'm still nursing him but we're getting a handle on juggling life, so I felt I could take this over now. I took it upon myself to prep to be their new parental instructor. But since I had zero knowledge of violin, I thought I better learn a little bit. On a whim I looked up used violins on the classifieds, saw one that was less than $100, and so I got it so I could start to learn a little. That one wasn't great, so I got a few more and I really enjoyed fiddling around with it! And that's how and why I started to learn violin as a 43 year old.
I caught up to my 2nd grader pretty quickly in the Suzuki book and our violin teacher says that I'm her best student at practicing, yay for me! We have lessons on Mondays, and after Sophi and Natalie get their instruction, I jump in for a quick 10 minute lesson.
I played in the group Christmas recital with my girls on 19 Dec 2019.
The web address of this blog is amaviolinist - which wasn't my first choice but it was available. I was going for a "Mom violinist" or "Too old to begin practicing violin"-ish kinda name. The idea behind AMA cause that is an acronym that describes me, or did during my last pregnancy, cause AMA stands for Advanced Maternal Age. So I'm an Advanced Maternal Age violinist. It kinda sounds like "I'm a violinist", it's also kinda fun, cause it's almost like "I love" in spanish - amo. I don't know if it will lead to anything amazing, but I like it and it brings me joy, I think it will bring me more joy the more I practice and the better I get.
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