Great lesson today. We worked through the first piece in Suzuki book 4, a sonatina from the classical period. We’re moving out of the baroque stuff and into some melodic, sonorous pieces, so I’m working on developing a rich, bel canto quality to my tone. This classical music, courtly music, is like the era of construction rather than deconstruction. Everything beautiful and measured.

Double stops are gradually getter easier, though they’re still tricky if one of the notes isn’t an open string.

I learned something about dynamics today: the alternating piano and forte parts are called terrace dynamics.