Three easy steps to get your SAA subscription to SmartMusic:

  1. Get your code from SAA by e-mailing smartcode@suzukiassociation.org
  2. Go to www.smartmusic.com and enter your code on the home page to purchase your subscription. You will be shipped a CD-ROM or can choose to download the program and accompaniments. (Teachers can also get SmartMusic for their non-member students.)
  3. Install SmartMusic from the CD-ROM. You'll be prompted to activate your subscription using the e-mail address and password that you created when you ordered.

Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA) Member Benefit

SAA members will be able to purchase a SmartMusic® annual subscription for $25. This is $75 off the regular annual subscription fee. The SmartMusic subscription includes access to the complete Suzuki Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass School Method titles. SAA teachers will also be able to obtain the special reduced price for their non-member students.

The SmartMusic practice system is uniquely suited to help Suzuki string teachers, parents, and students. It can help make practicing a string instrument more productive and enjoyable by providing accompaniment, recording capability, and immediate assessment and feedback.

SmartMusic can be used effectively for the Suzuki student in many ways:

For beginning students it can:

  • Serve as a musical aid for the parent practicing with the child
  • Provide a means for practice with an accompaniment
  • Encourage unit practice with practice loops
  • Serve as an enhanced metronome
  • Provide a way for slow practice with accompaniment
  • Provide ear-training sequences for developing the ear
  • Serve as a fun technical practice tool with the potential to motivate and encourage the student.

For advanced students and teachers it can:

  • Provide a means for practice with an accompaniment
  • Serve as a guide through different tempi when learning a new piece.
  • Provide an easy way to record and listen to one's playing with or without the accompaniment.
  • Provide music for sight-reading and etudes for technical development. 
  • Serve as a fun technical practice tool with the potential to motivate and encourage the student.

More information on how to maximize the benefits for Suzuki students, parents, and teachers is available in the Read Me documentation that comes with SmartMusic 9.1.

More information about SAA is available at: www.suzukiassociation.org

On-screen notation is available for the Suzuki String School books. The notation defaults to being hidden in Suzuki Volume I for all instruments, because during this important first stage of development, it is crucial not to view the notation, ensuring that the learning occurs by ear and the student's ear develops following the Suzuki philosophy.