Music Library Thematic Displays: Suzuki Method Collection

Suzuki Method

Suzuki's educational method is not a mere process of music education, but his philosophy and its application. In 1933 he realized that children of any nationality could freely speak their mother tongue regardless of their intelligence, remembering 4000 words by the age of five. He also noticed that young children accept high-level stimuli with hardly any pain, form voluntary desires and acquire excellent abilities, while learning their mother tongue as naturally as they develop their characters. He believed that good environments and conditions are conducive to the development of ability, as in learning speech, and decided to apply this principle to his violin teaching. Although not ruling out hereditary factors, he believed that any child could develop a high standard of ability by adapting external stimuli.

Citation:

Shibata, M., & Kanazawa, M.  (2001). Suzuki, Shin’ichi. Grove Music Online. Retrieved 3 Jan. 2020, from https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000027166.

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