Choose ONE thing to think about for each Twinkle.
Overall position:
Zip/step feet, violin on top of shoulder, tall head, jaw in chinrest, tall body, soft shoulders
Right side:
Relaxed and curved bow hold- bent pinky, bent thumb, hugger fingers over; soft shoulder, elbow opening/shutting, bow on highway, eyes on bow
Left side:
straight wrist, soft and straight thumb, top of thumb barely peeking over the fingerboard, base of index finger at fingerboard, tippy-toe tall fingers curved and over string, pinky out of basement and hovering over strings
When you can play a whole twinkle successfully while thinking about one point, excellently, try thinking about two or three things, or even one whole side of the body!
Finally…. Try for EVERYTHING!
(from the Suzuki Violin Studio of Irene Mitchell)