When one goes to a buffet, he/she will choose the foods they love. They’ll also try something new or things they seldom eat. Unlike what they do in normal daily meal, they’ll maximize the dose of food they can take so to maximize the joy of fulfilling themselves with food. Most of all, we do all these by ourselves, not served. To me, it is just an exact parallel to my view on practicing.

Self-learning is one of the biggest thing I’ve learned this year, while, fortunately it doesn’t mean that my teacher taught me nothing through the whole of these months. With the different methods of practicing he taught me, and with some of my invented-ways (They might not be new to you. I call them ‘invented’ just because I didn’t learn they, but find them out myself.), the sound of my violin is really changed. So I thought that might be a good idea to do some kind of record about my practice, which may be useful in my daily practice and teaching, and of course, for sharing. If you have any suggestions or comments, please don’t hesitate to drop me a note in my guest book or e-mail me. Thanks very much.

Welcome to the

Violin Buffet

General -	Our body
	The Heart of Itzhak Perlman
The Bow -	Open strings
The Violin -	Scales