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Time Routine Descriptions: Practice Routines

The document provides a daily practice routine for violin. It includes 15 minutes of straight bowing practice focusing on consistent sound at different points of the bow. It also includes an hour of scales and arpeggios using a metronome to focus on finger placement and string crossing, as well as techniques from the Doflein method and Suzuki books. The routine emphasizes slow, focused practice of techniques for at least two weeks and includes breaks. It concludes by encouraging the practitioner to not give up and to not be like their wife.

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Time Routine Descriptions: Practice Routines

The document provides a daily practice routine for violin. It includes 15 minutes of straight bowing practice focusing on consistent sound at different points of the bow. It also includes an hour of scales and arpeggios using a metronome to focus on finger placement and string crossing, as well as techniques from the Doflein method and Suzuki books. The routine emphasizes slow, focused practice of techniques for at least two weeks and includes breaks. It concludes by encouraging the practitioner to not give up and to not be like their wife.

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Help me Lord! For it is impossible without you!

Practice Routines
Time
15 minutes

Routine
Straight Bowing

Morning

Descriptions
1. Slow and straight, full bow from frog to tip, sound
point consistent.
2. Practice at 5 sound points: 3 minutes each
Start from sound point 5 to 1
3. Switch string everyday

10 minutes
1 hour

1 hour
30 minutes
30 minutes

String Crossing
Scales and Arpeggios

Doflein method

40 minutes

Learn techniques
Review exercises
from Doflein
method.
Bow exercises

30 minutes

Suzuki

A and D every other days


Saturday and Sunday (E and G respectively)

1. Slowly. Watch the remainder clips from videolab


1. 4 scales a day. 15 minutes each. Use metronome
The goal is to get finger placement and string
crossing correct.
Rhythm is a bonus
2. Switch between (C, D, F, E flat) and (G, A, B, A flat)
3. Slow, full bow from frog to tip
4. Pay attention to finger placement and string
crossing.
finger placement: play slowly and listen, test if
not sure. The goal is to develop the ear
string crossing: DO NOT turn abruptly,
smoothly.
5. When the fingers are stable. Interlace quarter notes
with quaver. (one quarter, two quaver, one quarter
or so)
45 minute Break
Play slowly, make sure you get each note correct.
Night
Should practice each technique for two weeks at least.
Play slowly, make sure you get each note and the
rhythm correct.
1. Play at the frog exercise: 5 minutes
2. Play at the tip exercise: 5 minutes
3. Finger exercise: 5 minutes
4. Sound point shifting: 5 minutes
5. 2 Bowing exercise from Thomas: 10 minutes each
Pay attention
Bowing: Use more bow
Rhythm

Don't ever give up. Do not be like your wife.

Help me Lord! For it is impossible without you!

Don't ever give up. Do not be like your wife.

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