Materials List for Beginning Parents
Please bring the following materials to your first lesson.
- A quality bow and violin equipped with fine tuners and sized to fit your child. (It is often best if I determine the size for your child during an observation or consultation.)
For an excellent resource in finding a violin for your child, contact:
Potter? Violins
www.pottersviolins.com
4706 Highland Avenue
Bethesda MD 20814
(301) 652-7070 or (800) 317-9452
- Rosin (usually supplied with the violin ask the shop)
- Suzuki materials:
- View the video: Nurtured by Love or read the book, by Shinichi Suzuki
- Buy the book: Helping Parents Practice by Edmund Sprunger
- Buy: Suzuki Violin School, Vol. 1 (Revised Edition please)
- Buy: Suzuki Violin School, CD recording, Volume 1 (Revised Edition performed by William Preucil)
Materials may be purchased from most music stores or off the Internet at:
- White posterboard, 24 x 36 inches
- 6-8 thick cosmetic sponges (if violin is smaller than 1/8 size choose white sponges. If 1/8 size or bigger, choose red sponges.) Usually available at CVS or Sally Beauty Supply.
- Two blank notebooks and a pencil
- A large heart and smile!