hey u guys! anybody learning through suzuki method here?

I am, but I am only on book six.

i`m only starting on book 5.....

i am ive been playing since i was seven. I Love it, why do u ask?

What is Suzuki method? Is it an advanced method? If so I would like to know more.

Hi where can find a susuki metod to learn here on line.. please tellme

Ive done it for two years but im only on book two...

I am close to finishing book 1, but I have only been using Suzuki a couple of months.
Kanfasd, you might consider buying the Suzuki midi disks that contain the songs from book 1. That way, you can slow the songs down to any tempo that you want, which makes the songs easier to learn. If you are using a sequencer program, you could also set loop points on any measure (or measures) in the song so that the measure plays over and over again. I find this to be helpful in tackling trouble spots.
I also try to listen to the songs on the CD everyday so that they become more and more familiar. I also do this as a mental practice to try to picture in my mind where I place my left hand fingers when actually playing the songs.
Best of luck and keep practicing.
Jack

The Suzuki method is good, but it`s missing something: Sight reading. They don`t teach it! That`s why you have to practice sight reading with something else.

The method is supposed to be like learning a language. You know how babies learn their mother tongue just by hearing it often enough? Well Suzuki thinks that he can teach people to play by ear. Books 1-10 are supposed to start at age 3 and end at age 13, if you learn one book a year.

I personally do not like it because it`s aimed at children inexperienced in music. For someone who has taken piano for seven years (me), It just elongates the learning time.

Im Suzuki... Wha u whant... me japanesey so difficut too tipe... Wha u whant... u take fun out me... I kick yur wite aMerican ass

I had a bad experience with it --I once had a teacher who used the fact that I was doing suzuki as an excuse to not really teach me anything and say "listen to the tape" whenever I did something wrong. I finished after book five. Not learning to read music was very frustrating --when I wanted to join orchestras I could play the pieces in terms of technique and experience but wasn`t able to because of learning Suzuki. I think it must suit some people, but it didn`t suit me.

Can I ask a question? (I used to do Suzuki method too, but I don`t play the pieces in the books anymore...but I apply the same principle to my pieces) If Shinichi Suzuki said that repetition was the key to success in music, then why isn`t Erik Satie`s Vexations in one of the piano books? That`s a repeated-note piece I think that`d be good. What do u think?

I started studying the violin 1.5 years ago; I`m in book 3. It may be different, starting when you`re older (I`m 24), but I sight-read the Suzuki method. I`m curious, how else would you learn it? Since the first instrument I learned was the piano, I learned to read music early. But how could you really progress past Suzuki book 1 if you can`t read music or sight-read? I`m confused!

u learn by listening. ur parents help out at the beginnin

What do you mean, you learn by listening? Do you just listen to the music and try to play it by ear, without knowing the notes? That seems really inefficient. And how much help could your parents be if they don`t play themselves?