The Suzuki Method

When the ear teaches the hand, music is play.

Music is fun, but it’s also true that musical training is a serious and difficult growth process that can generate considerable frustration. Many youngsters abandon a musical education that would have earned them the right to call themselves ‘musicians.’ Over the years, many people have tried to develop more effective and less stressful ways of teaching music, mainly geared towards the very young.

There are many methods, but all appear to share a ‘moral’ ideal, that music should be studied for its own sake and not merely to become a professional at all costs.

One of the most famous and commonly used systems is the Suzuki method, developed during the first half of last century thanks to the insight of Shinichi Suzuki, a Japanese violinist, son of violin makers, who moved to Europe when a teenager to complete his musical training.

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