Today we worked on variations of twinkle twinkle.

Today we played scales and other music by ear because of an eye irritation.

We studied pages 6 and 7 in the Suzuki book. We focused on note identification and D major scale reading.

We worked on pages 6 and 7 in our Suzuki viola book 1.

We practiced page 6 of his Suzuki book 1 for the viola.

We began today's session with our one octave scales on each string. Vibrato training came next. Eudora's vibrato is improving. We used our remaining time to work on her orchestra pieces.

We started today's lesson with our shifting exercises from first to second position. We then spent a good amount of time on vibrato training. The lesson was concluded after we worked on the Bach minuet.

We have now 2 shifting exercises. First, is the long bow one octave on one string with vibrato. Second, is the faster paced shift to second position covering only 5 notes of the octave. We reviewed Scherzo and took a look ahead at the next piece in the book.

We began today with playing a major scale consisting of one string. We played 4 scales (1 for each string). We continued with Scherzo pg 8-9.

Today we began with our well practiced C major, and D major scales. We started on a new piece on page 8 (Scherzo). We are working on the first sections "Presto". We are focusing on 2 things: using a light bow with a loose bow arm and having seamless shifting.