Permaculture names two of the following as core design principles
1) Each element performs many functions
2) Each function is supported by many elements

In a homestead we could see this exemplified easily in a fruit tree. The fruit tree (an element) provides (the functions of) shade, food production, nutrient concentration, and soil creation.

Each function, shade, food production, nutrient concentration, and soil creation, depends on far more than just the fruit tree. For shade we might depend on other trees, the sides of buildings, and fences, and natural slope. For food production we have a wide variety of other fruit trees, nut trees, and perennial vegetables, herbs and medicinals. Nutrients are concentrated by cover crops and animal droppings. Soil creation is performed by the fruit tree, but also all other trees, green manure, and composting.

It would be extremely risky to depend on the fruit tree for all food production. It would also be extremely risky if the fruit tree’s only function was to make fruit.

This is why beautiful, bountiful, resilient gardens are full of a wide variety of elements, which all serve a host of functions.

Suzuki encouraged teachers to study natural patterns. It makes far more sense to teach which nature, not against it.

When moving through the repertoire with students, we should keep these principles in mind.

1) Every piece performs many techniques
2) Each technique is supported by many pieces.

It is risky to only discuss the martele stroke when working on Allegro, or independent fingers when working on Lightly Row, or low 1s in Two Grenadiers. Not only are those techniques everywhere else in the literature, Allegro, Lightly Row and Two Grenadiers contain so much more than just one technique.

In order to absorb the many pieces of information we are gifted during our crash-course, week long teacher trainings we adopt short cuts.

Song of the Wind = Bow Circles
Long Long Ago = D string
Etude = G Major

But these shortcuts have their limitations. They are useful, but they aren’t complete.

Devote some creative time to discovering for yourself the wealth embedded in Twinkle. Trace the way slurs are developed throughout ALL ten books. It is something to marvel at– as simple and as beautifully complex as the fruit tree in our garden.