Suzuki Violin - Discussion
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I read most of the thread n seems like those mentioned are in the west. Any in the east for age 3 ???
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My kid went through a term of Suzuki Violin at one of the more expensive and well known music schools. $405 plus 7% GST per term plus other material fees and enrolment fee.
After one term, my kid did learn to hold the violin and the bow and can play on the E string. Progress is slow but this is to be expected for this age group.
Overall I don’t find the whole experience very fun or engaging. The room was not very comfortable and rather crammed for the number of kids and parents involved. Since violin is technically not easy especially for very young kids and even for adults, the amount of one on one attention to teach or impart technique is very important. I find that in a group class, each kid does not get enough individual attention needed to really learn well. In addition, the purpose of a group class to encourage peer interaction and interest is not really served. While the teacher is attending to one child, the other kids are basically bothering the parents as they are not engaged in anything interesting. There is very little group activity.
The concept of enlisting parents to teach the kid by also learning during the class is also not very helpful. While the parents are learning the violin on the adult violin, the young kids are basically bored and sometimes making noise and disrupting the adult session. I am also not very sure why the parents are taught so far ahead of the kids. At the end of the term, the parents can play the whole twinkle twinkle but the kids are going to take a much longer time to get to the same stage. So what’s the point of learning all that so fast?
The cost per lesson can actually pay for an individual violin lesson. Generally high cost group lessons could only be justified if the kids are well catered to as there are not many places which can teach very young kids.
I feel that such classes should be kept shorter (30 min) and to a smaller class size not exceeding 4 to be effective. And there should be a more child friendly routine planned out to engage the kid first before embarking on the hard technical stuff. If we can accept that young kids would progress slower at violin, at least make it fun. -
Hi smurf/luckystar/Buds,
May I hv Ms Yah contacts ? Thanks!
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Hi smurf/luckystar/Buds,
May I hv Ms Yah contacts too? Thanks! -
Anyone here been to mandeville for Suzuki violin ? For child in baby music to Suzuki violin is there a lapse in time whereby the kid is not learning Anything ?
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I think you are referring to mandeville. Ya , my dd went thru three terms and at the end of it , still cannot play twinkle twinkle. And I always feel very stressed out to be in the small room with so many kids and parents and violins and violins boxes.
empressplace:
My kid went through a term of Suzuki Violin at one of the more expensive and well known music schools. $405 plus 7% GST per term plus other material fees and enrolment fee.
After one term, my kid did learn to hold the violin and the bow and can play on the E string. Progress is slow but this is to be expected for this age group.
Overall I don't find the whole experience very fun or engaging. The room was not very comfortable and rather crammed for the number of kids and parents involved. Since violin is technically not easy especially for very young kids and even for adults, the amount of one on one attention to teach or impart technique is very important. I find that in a group class, each kid does not get enough individual attention needed to really learn well. In addition, the purpose of a group class to encourage peer interaction and interest is not really served. While the teacher is attending to one child, the other kids are basically bothering the parents as they are not engaged in anything interesting. There is very little group activity.
The concept of enlisting parents to teach the kid by also learning during the class is also not very helpful. While the parents are learning the violin on the adult violin, the young kids are basically bored and sometimes making noise and disrupting the adult session. I am also not very sure why the parents are taught so far ahead of the kids. At the end of the term, the parents can play the whole twinkle twinkle but the kids are going to take a much longer time to get to the same stage. So what's the point of learning all that so fast?
The cost per lesson can actually pay for an individual violin lesson. Generally high cost group lessons could only be justified if the kids are well catered to as there are not many places which can teach very young kids.
I feel that such classes should be kept shorter (30 min) and to a smaller class size not exceeding 4 to be effective. And there should be a more child friendly routine planned out to engage the kid first before embarking on the hard technical stuff. If we can accept that young kids would progress slower at violin, at least make it fun. -
empressplace:
\"empressplace\" , How old is your kid?My kid went through a term of Suzuki Violin at one of the more expensive and well known music schools. $405 plus 7% GST per term plus other material fees and enrolment fee.
After one term, my kid did learn to hold the violin and the bow and can play on the E string. Progress is slow but this is to be expected for this age group.
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znzyzyzx:
I think you are referring to mandeville. Ya , my dd went thru three terms and at the end of it , still cannot play twinkle twinkle. And I always feel very stressed out to be in the small room with so many kids and parents and violins and violins boxes.
They use violin boxes? Don't all progress at the same pace? -
phankao:
znzyzyzx:
I think you are referring to mandeville. Ya , my dd went thru three terms and at the end of it , still cannot play twinkle twinkle. And I always feel very stressed out to be in the small room with so many kids and parents and violins and violins boxes.
They use violin boxes? Don't all progress at the same pace? That is, change to actual instrument at the same time? -
Oh it’s not Mandeville. We went to Mac’s Music School at Forum. My child was about 3.5 years old when the term started.
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