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Eleanor Tagart
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Summer Break: how to keep the music playing
Holidays can feel like a long time without lessons, but there is so much to be done in those times, use them to reset and find your...
eleanor tagart
Jul 28, 20222 min read
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Musings on Metronomes
A metronome is a solid tool for any musician. It provides a consistent tempo to base our playing on, helps to keep that playing...
eleanor tagart
Feb 2, 20222 min read
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Why listen? Five reasons to listen (and keep listening) to music
Listening is central to the Suzuki Philosophy, we teach music as a mother-tongue, which means we immerse ourselves in the sounds. I...
eleanor tagart
Dec 3, 20212 min read
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Please don't bring your kids to me when they're sick.
If the last 18 months has taught us anything, it's that viruses affect different people in different ways: a "little cold" for a child is...
eleanor tagart
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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Roles of the nucleus
Following up on the most recent post about the Suzuki triangle/electron cloud, I wanted to discuss the three roles central to the method....
eleanor tagart
Oct 29, 20212 min read
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The Suzuki cloud (the triangle reinvented)
When I was first starting out teaching, the "Suzuki triangle" was a main point that kept getting made. To be honest, it got made so many...
eleanor tagart
Oct 29, 20212 min read
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What is the Suzuki Method? Six Reflections.
Ask this question at a Suzuki teacher's conference and you'll get as many answers as there are people there. If you ask parents the same...
eleanor tagart
Sep 25, 20213 min read
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Building Practice Habits
Playing the piano, or mastering any other skill for that matter, requires regular and consistent practice. This means doing it. Very...
eleanor tagart
Sep 10, 20212 min read
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A Word on (Kittens and) Listening
Announcing the arrival of Jim, Claude and Hercules, a trio of gorgeous babies who came to live with us last week. They're small and...
eleanor tagart
Sep 10, 20212 min read
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A Word on Notebooks from Helen
Hi Everyone, welcome to, what I hope, will become a great place for people to share ideas and information on all things music and Suzuki....
eleanor tagart
Sep 10, 20213 min read
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