The Suzuki method first came to the the United States within the late 1960s, and its particular official organization, the Suzuki Association with the Americas, was formed in 1972. Since it existed in its early years, its proponents believed that all children could learn to play the violin if started at an early age, understanding that the educational process occurs through two primary mechanisms. You are imitation, primarily imitation of the teacher. The second is group learning, comprising group lessons and group performances. The suzuki books were assembled for two primary reasons. First, use a structured program of components of increasing difficulty to work with with every student over years of their development; and 2nd, to facilitate group learning by keeping everybody "on precisely the same page" capable to play in the same pieces together.- Violin
Suzuki Programs are already extremely valuable for the classical music community since they start children young, in the point when they're best able to learn (between ages 3 and seven), and since they've generated enough interest to continuously attract new generations of scholars to playing violin (and other stringed imstruments). The Suzuki brand has become almost a family group name, and therefore an extremely marketable title for a violin teacher to keep.
But: The Suzuki books usually are not, on their own, "the suzuki method." And, using these books in instruction, even exclusive use, doesn't constitute Suzuki Method. The books are only a means to a stop. Plus they were were written originally being played from the teacher and imitated from the student minus the student ever actually finding out how to read music on his own.
Devoid of the group component, the Suzuki books have lost a lot of their capability to excite today's students. The bulk of the "songs" come from the baroque period, and are written largely by such 18th century composers as Vivaldi, Bach, and Corelli. The look of delight I usually see on their faces once i tell students they're able to play another thing is quite telling.
I really do frequently use pieces out of your Suzuki books, specifically for beginners, (Book 1 is very useful). However, if I see inside their faces the music just isn't reaching them, I make other suggestions or let them make their particular (befitting their level) selections.
Suzuki intended the books packed with bits of increasing difficulty to be an essentially complete lifetime of instruction. However, I really believe within the worth of scales, etudes, and exercises as more focused solutions to develop technique. Needless to say musicianship, musicality, and love of music arises from, (what else!) playing music. And, i think, the music must inspire students. We are producing my own, personal violin books series, which starts with 40 songs in 1st position arranged in increasing order of difficulty, that youngsters may have learned. Included are The Banana Boat Song (Day-o), Simple Gifts, Amazing Grace, You are My Sunshine, Kum-baya, On Top of Spaghetti, and Wheels for the Bus go Round and Round.
However, for college students which engage in competitions, or perhaps in the very best community student orchestras, or even 1 day attend conservatory, it is crucial, eventually, flying insects works from the standard violin repertoire. A few of which usually are not in those Suzuki books!
Regarding me, I began playing violin because my mother switched on the television 1 day when I was 36 months old and it was greeted by 100 tiny suzuki students playing twinkle twinkle little star together. Morning she brought me to MacPhail Center for your Arts in downtown Minneapolis and enrolled me within their suzuki program. My teacher was Mark Bjork, who had been then this President in the Suzuki Association with the Americas. It turned out an excellent start, and i also may not hesitate to recommend participation in the full suzuki program. - Violin