Importance of Daily ListeningThe Suzuki method is based upon the mother-tongue approach. Children learn to speak by being immersed in an environment where their language is spoken incessantly. Likewise, in the Suzuki method, we are teaching students the language of music. Students will have a much better music experience if they are very familiar with this music language. This is why students who listen to the Suzuki recordings frequently make the most progress! Read below for more reasons about why you should make listening a daily habit in your own home and help make lessons more successful!
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Listening Like a
Adapted from an article in the American Suzuki Journal, Vol. 37/1 |
Here is a tip that will make the job of all Suzuki parents MUCH EASIER:
PLAY THE SUZUKI RECORDING REPEATEDLY FOR YOUR CHILD EVERY DAY. Parents who want to jump start their child’s motivation and/or help their children progress in the easiest and smoothest way possible through the Suzuki repertoire adhere to the concept of repeated daily listening to the recording. Suzuki is based on the model of language learning. Infants are surrounded at all times with their native language. Imagine if an infant only heard their native language for 15 minutes a day. That would seem ridiculous, right? Yet, many times, parents neglect playing the Suzuki recording for their child, or only play the recording one time a day. YIKES! This is akin to expecting their child to speak fluently without hearing the language. IT IS THE PARENT’S JOB TO PLAY THE RECORDING FOR THEIR CHILD! I had a young student who was struggling to remember Lightly Row, yet could sing all the words to an entire Pearl Jam album. Guess what music was being played repeatedly at home. Guess which music was not being played at home. Suzuki parents universally want the best for their children. Parents commit to bringing their kids to lessons each week and to practicing with them every day, yet without the necessary component of repeated daily listening to the Suzuki recording, all of their efforts may be stalled or diminished. So what is the best way to listen? I call it: “LISTENING LIKE A MANIAC”:
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