![]() When you sign up, you can consume the lessons in your own home, as your time permits, without pressure, taking as long as you need. I’ve made it easy to learn at your own pace with my online lessons. I know how to work around stiff joints and small practice windows. I know about their lives and the struggles they have. We must internalize and model after professional masters of violin if we are ever to ascend to those heights.īecause I’ve been teaching adults now for 15 years. ![]() If a student is only exposed to other students, that student will forever sound like a student. The adult violin student is passionate about violin, and has spent many hours listening to the masters play, longing to learn to make the same beautiful sound. This is more important than many people realize. Adult violin beginners have often had to set aside their passion and desire for the violin until such a time as they could afford it, or until circumstance would allow such a pursuit. They may cooperate, but the majority are doing it because their parents want them to. Often, children do not choose to learn violin. This attention to detail means that an adult can tackle a complicated task by following instructions and noticing small details while problem solving. Adults follow instructions extremely well, whereas children more or less learn to “mimic” what is shown to them. I am constantly amazed at the details my adult students notice compared to my younger students. Adults can simply stay on task longer than children can, which pays off big time in complicated endeavors such as learning to play violin. But adults have some very important things going for them when it comes to learning to play the violin. They can get their tiny hands around the fingerboard. It’s true: kids’ fingers are less arthritic than ours. Once again, this gives the student a chance to revisit and reinforce skills learned.įour special things about adult violin beginners There is an adage familiar to most Suzuki students: “Don’t practice until you can get it right, practice until you cannot get it wrong.” This philosophy requires more repetition than others, but it instills great discipline and a higher standard in students.
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