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Mickey · May 18th, 2009, 02:14 PM

My kid is almost six and wants to take violin lessons. The local place that people love teaches Suzuki. I looked it up and I'm not sure what to think.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_method

Basically it's classical training minus the written notation (in the beginning). Lots of ear training, which is great.

Here's where I'm concerned: Not much improvisation or even learning the building blocks of improvisation. And improvisation, it seems to me, is a big part of the creative fun.

any of you with experience have an opinion about this? Is Suzuki ok? Should I try to supplement it with different kinds of lessons? Really stuck here, the kid is going to have limited patience no matter what.

Thanks for your opinions.

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Mickey Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: L.A., CA Posts: 961	Suzuki method? My kid is almost six and wants to take violin lessons. The local place that people love teaches Suzuki. I looked it up and I'm not sure what to think. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_method Basically it's classical training minus the written notation (in the beginning). Lots of ear training, which is great. Here's where I'm concerned: Not much improvisation or even learning the building blocks of improvisation. And improvisation, it seems to me, is a big part of the creative fun. any of you with experience have an opinion about this? Is Suzuki ok? Should I try to supplement it with different kinds of lessons? Really stuck here, the kid is going to have limited patience no matter what. Thanks for your opinions.