One good thing about concentrating on learning to play by hearing is perhaps the child can focus on mastering the techniques rather than keeping track of the notes? But Ocean, how old is your son (and his group)? I still don't understand why he would suddenly teach the group by reading notes for Minuet 1? Yes, Minuet 1 is more difficult than Etude (more complex fingering, "slurs" - two notes to a bow, etc.), but wouldn't suddenly learning to play by reading notes present a more difficult task for the children? IMHO I think that perhaps what makes teaching the group now a challenge could be the different learning pace each child is at. Give him your utmost encouragement and support, and I'm sure he'll be an outstanding violin player! Hi Ocean, wow, the teacher is sure strict! Your son sounds pretty motivated and has the aptitude for learning the violin. It is a great lesson for us parents too.Īnd yes, the rosin we are using was made in Germany, cost about $5.50. Last but not least, if I have chance to go back to the past, I will put my boy under him again. In fact two of the parents in his class has elder siblings taught under him, and because of his strictness, they put their younger one under him again. It was because of his strictness, the girls in the class took turn to cry almost every week. It was because of his strictness that my boy try to excel previously, and it was also because of his strictness that my boy refused to turn up for the class again. Find a good teacher and things mightĪs you have mentioned earlier, this teacher is great but very strict! By now you should have already know who the teacher is. While other children are still struggling, his is able to catch up easily for the time being, at least for book one, but will need to work hard again when he proceed to book two, if he is still willing to continue.ĭon't give up hope on your son yet. But this year I didn't want him to perform because he would be back to the twinkle group again.Īs for 1-1 lesson, I do not want to stress up myself as I have no more stamina due to health reason. My boy had his Twinkle performance last year, It was a good experience. (Too bad my girl isn't the hardworking sort, so I didn't train/drill her hard enough to match the CD speed in time for the concert Although my daughter started just 1-1 lessons last oct, the teacher actually wanted her to participate in the Twinkle Twinkle performance yesterday. Learning and progress will be much more in line with your son's ability. Then he realised the teacher has changed his method of teaching that he became interested and hence back to the class again. It was about coming to the middle of 2nd month after he stopped attending the lesson that one day, I dragged him into the class while we were in the vicinity, without bringing the violin along. In fact I have stopped him from going to violin lesson for one month since Jan this year, and after that he was the one who refused to go for the lesson.
He is not keen at all though he was the one who requested for it. If your son is keen in learning violin, I suggest you to enrol him for 1-1 Teaching by hearing will not be suitable for this group of children any more as the song has became more difficult to play. Probably because most of them still unable to play the whole song correctly even the teacher had already taught them. Oh! I now understand why he suddenly started teaching this group by reading musical notes already. At the moment, he prefers his students to concentrate on learning to play by hearing. As for note reading, his teacher has yet to start teaching him.
For him, the teacher expects him to learn a new song every 1-2 weeks. (The teacher has been focusing on Twinkle Twinkle practices for the last 3 weeks). Perpetual Motion will be the next song he's learning. He just performed Twinkle Twinkle in the Suzuki Students' Graduation Concert yesterday. My son started 1-1 lessons last June and finished Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the 4 variations within 4-5 months. Another boy, dropped out last Dec probably because unable to catch up and every week got scolding from the teacher. One boy unable to take the criticism of the teacher and stopped coming after he broke down and cry. One girl having sibling in the same class and mommy too stress, so dropped out. Is your son taking group lessons? It sounds awfully long for Book 1.
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