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The TRADITIONAL METHOD
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The SUZUKI METHOD |
- Searches for talented children
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- Develops the talent already present in
each child
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- Starts at the age of 9-10
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- Starts at the age of 3-4
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- No family involvement
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- Family at the centre of the method
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- Uses standard-sized instruments
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- The instruments have to be adjusted and in
proportion
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- First you play and then, perhaps, you listen
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- First you listen and then you play
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- First you read and then you play
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- First you play and then you read
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- Generally each teacher keeps his method a secret
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- Teachers research, discover and share the
results of their studies
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- Technique is given greatest priority from the beginning
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- Technique and studies are postponed
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- The objective is musical education
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- The objective is general education
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- The emphasis is on the results
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- The emphasis is on HOW the results are
achieved
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