Perhaps we need a thread to report bugs, or maybe just not knowing how things work. I click on the check box for my queue and favorites, but they do not show up on those respective lists. Is this a bug or do I need to do more than just check those boxes?

I know that you are working on Suzuki Book 1 songs and that you will upload them soon. If it's not asking too much, could you also do a quick tutorial on some of the exercises listed on the book?

For example, I'd love to see a tutorial on the following:

Suzuki Book 1, pg 34

Suzuki Book 1, pg 36

I know that you are probably booked with all sorts of projects, so whenever you have the time is fine.

Many Thanks!

I can't wait to get home to watch and practice all the New Suzuki Book 1 tutorials. Beth, you are the best!

Just in case I missed it . . . . . Thank you!    ;-)

I found this little TEMPO guide today and I thought it might be helpful to some of you music novices, such as myself. Although my metronome has some labels depicting tempo variations, it's not as complete as this.    Enjoy! ;-)

• Grave – <40 bpm – Extremely Slow
• Largo – 42 – 66 bpm – Very Slow
• Adagio – 58-97 bpm – Very Slow
• Larghetto – 60-66 bpm – Rather Slow
• Andante –76-108 bpm – Moderately Slow
• Moderato –66-126 bpm – Moderately
• Allegro –120-168 bpm – Rather Fast to Fast
• Presto – 168-208 bpm – Quite Fast
• Prestissimo – 184-240 bpm – Very Fast

A little background is probably in order first. . . . . . I'm a morning person, but because of my schedule it's been very hard for me to practice my violin in the mornings as everyone in my house are still sleeping. Thus in order to accommodate everyone, I have been practicing in the evenings (before or after dinner) depending on how things goes when I get home. While I do lock myself away and dedicate the entire time to make that time the most productive, I often times am too tired and don't think that I am making much progress. Or at least not progressing as fast I should.

Then, of course, there are those days that I simply skip practice all together as I have so much going on that I barely have enough time to even get some sleep. While I don't like missing practice, I simply have to accept the fact that life is just too busy and there isn't enough time on a day to get everything done.

Well I may have found a solution. I notice that I have about an hour (sometimes more) of down time before I start work. So today, I packed my violin and brought to work with me and used that time to practice. I have a locker that I can safely keep my violin during the weekdays so that I won't have to carry it around every day. I'll just have to remember to bring it home on the weekends.

I did practice this morning (finger tapping and finger pressure) and it was nice to be able to practice when I feel most alive and alert. I'll try it for a couple of weeks and see how that goes. Hopefully I will progress a bit faster, but most of all I will not be as tired as I am in the evenings.

I need to become a decent player and work on my technique if I am to keep up with ALL of you come 2012 when we get together in Austin. ;-)

A little explanation perhaps...I wanted to work on some parts in Meditation and wanted to really wail away but didn't want to annoy everyone else in the house. I went up to my room and shut myself in my bathroom...I'm so glad I did...haha....the next vid I post might just have a view of my commode ! x-D