Comments | yangelina: Hurry up and wait

yangelina

Hurry up and wait

Jul 14, 2006 15:57

Five teacher training workshops plus one introductory course all in 16 months while finishing a degree; what in the world was I thinking ( Read more... )

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yangelina July 17 2006, 14:36:56 UTC

Excellent! I'm sure I'll be picking your brain (and Toftie's) over the years. So consider yourself warned. :)

sobriquet July 16 2006, 01:04:28 UTC

Right. They'll be more comfortable when they see you as opposed to

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yangelina July 17 2006, 14:24:09 UTC

Where in the world did you find that photo? Goodness. And what in the world happened to his mouth?

rizzo41 July 17 2006, 02:52:59 UTC

Just to show that you aren't the only person who doesn't know much about music, what is the difference between Suzuki piano and like, regular piano?

yangelina July 17 2006, 14:36:13 UTC

The Suzuki Method is a specific type of music pedagogy that was started by Dr. Suzuki in the 50s and first introduced in the States in 1964. It was first applied to violin (because Dr. Suzuki was a violinist), but has spread over the years to other instruments, including other strings (viola/cello), piano, guitar, flute, harp, and most recently voice (although I don't know how I feel about that..but that's another topic). Here's my write up on the Suzuki philosophy ( ... )

rizzo41 July 17 2006, 15:10:35 UTC

Ahh. I get it now. It seems pretty logical. My piano teacher in high school was somewhere between Suzuki and traditional teaching. He didn't want me to just sit down and play notes like a monkey, he wanted me to be able to recognize the music and just play it. Sadly I have very little musical understanding, so it never went anywhere.

Is Suzuki method only for teaching children or can it be applied to adults, too? If it is only for children, is there like, a cut off age?

yangelina July 19 2006, 17:43:02 UTC

It's similar to language learning, so yes, it can be applied to adults, but it will have to be modified and it isn't as effective. Our language development abilities plateau somewhere in the early teens, I believe. So this is like what they say, that it's easier for children to pick up a language than it is for adults. I took another teaching course where I learned that musical aptitude levels off around age 7, so the nurturers are recommended to start musical training as early as possible to maximize the musical aptitude of the child.
There is no cut off age for the Suzuki Method, but it certainly works better with children. The method has a set repertoire that the students follow (but are not limited to), and the first book is full of lullabys and children's songs. So it would be rather boring for an adult students to learn out of Suzuki Book 1. I would find other material and apply the same teaching techniques, if I had an adult student.