a little girl; I started on the Suzuki method which is a very popular method to begin children

是從鈴木教學法開始，鈴木教學法是非常受歡迎的兒童小提琴入門教學法。

on playing the violin. What it is is specific songs in books. And there's book one, book

鈴木教本裡有些特有的歌曲，並且有 1~5冊，

two, book three, book four, book five. And there's certain pieces that you have to play

教本裡也有一些你一定要按部就班拉奏的曲子。

in order.

But you don't learn them by reading music at first. At first you're playing the tape

但在一開始的學習裡不是先學讀譜，而是你要在家裡一遍又一遍的放音樂錄音帶，

over and over again in your house. And you're learning it like that, just by ear. So whether

然後只用聽力來學習音樂。

you're learning it by ear or whether you're learning it by looking at the music at first

不論你一開始是先用聽力，還是先讀譜來學習音樂，

the most popular, popular piece to play on the violin is "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".

最受歡迎的小提琴曲就是「小星星」了

And what's so great about this piece is that there's lots of variations you can do on it;

這首曲子最棒的就是你可以對它做許多變化 ；

different rhythms, which is very helpful for children, learning different rhythms. I like

像是用不同的節奏拉奏同一首曲子，這對孩子在學習各種不同節奏上很有幫助。我喜歡將下列這種

to call this rhythm "Mississippi Hotdog". And there's other rhythms like "Stop Listen".

節奏稱為「Mississippi Hotdog」　　還有其他節奏像是「Stop Listen」

Another great song to learn on the violin from the Suzuki method again is "Lightly Row".

另一首同樣來自鈴木小提琴教學法的好曲子是「Lightly Row」。

So it's very important that you learn pieces especially at the beginning. But always that

在一開始學習歌曲特別重要，但是你要

you learn pieces that are at your level. You don't want to go too high because then you'll

學習符合你程度的曲子。你不會想拉太難的曲子，因為那樣你會

just get frustrated. You want to wait until you hit the harder pieces when you really

感到挫折 。不論這首曲子讓你覺得多興奮或速度多快，你會想要等到你的實力足夠駕馭那些難曲的時候再演奏它

really can do them no matter how exciting it is to go faster. So really those two pieces

剛剛的兩首曲子都在

were in Suzuki book one. And I believe in that whole book. It's just terrific for beginners.

鈴木教本第一冊裡。我相信這整套教本對初學者來說是非常好的。