One of the things I would like to talk about is the O\u2019Connor
\nMethod of teaching violin. I started playing violin about five year ago. For the first year I took private lessons from a violin teacher using the Suzuki method. It was probably a good idea to learn the basic techniques and principles with private lessons. However, in the process I did learn something about the Suzuki method and I too share in the criticisms of this method voiced by Mark O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n\nI could not find a teacher in my area that focused on fiddle
\ntechnique so after my first year, I quit the private lessons and started taking lessons on-line and have had some moderate success. However, after much research (and after talking to Mark O\u2019Connor at Winfield), I decided to go ahead and purchase the O\u2019Connor Method books and start working on them. Also, I intend to recommend to my daughter who lives in Houston Texas, that when my 3 year old granddaughter becomes old enough to start violin lessons, that she seek out a teacher that uses the O\u2019Connor Method.<\/p>\nWhat I would like to know is what experiences you or your children have had with various violin instructional methods? Is the O\u2019Connor Method superior to the Suzuki Method? I believe that it is, but I would like to hear from people with actual experience.<\/p>\n
For the O\u2019Connor method, which focuses on traditional fiddle tunes, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
For the Suzuki method, go here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
To give you can example of the difference, the first tune taught in Suzuki is \u2018Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.\u201d\u00a0 The first tune taught in O\u2019Connor is \u201cBoil Them Cabbage Down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My brother Jimmy, in response to my post about the Winfield music festival that we went to, made this comment and raised an interesting question: A great time was had by all. I enjoyed visiting and picking with Fred, and you can count me in on your suggestion to have a Cranach campfire and jam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,32],"tags":[3523,4067,4069,4068,4070],"class_list":["post-22272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-music","tag-jimmy-veith","tag-music-education","tag-oconnor-method","tag-suzuki-method","tag-violin"],"yoast_head":"\n
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