This method provides piano lessons based on the philosophy that any student who is properly nurtured can learn to play the piano beautifully and grow in their love of music.  Encouragement and enthusiasm from caring parents and teachers create a positive environment that breeds a successful child. 

The Suzuki method parallels learning to play an instrument with the way a child learns to speak his native language. Nick-named the “Mother Tongue” approach, just as your child learned to speak by hearing and practicing language in his environment, music education begins the same way. Students learn to listen, copy, and create beautiful sound.

Your child’s speech evolved from sounds, to words, to full sentences, to learning the symbols involved in reading  their language. Piano students progress in the same manner. Students are shown how to create these sounds on the piano until they can play notes, phrases, and finally entire pieces with reading music fluently.  Just as with verbal language, listening, immitation, and repetition provide opportunities to master their piano skills, so that each piece becomes a building block for the careful development of beautiful playing. 

It is (sadly) a frequent misconception that students who take Suzuki Piano Lessons do not learn to read music.  This is akin to saying a child will not learn to read his language simply because he learned to speak it first.  The truth is Suzuki students learn to read extremely well, because their acute understanding of sound allows for the symbols of music notation to easily make sense.  The fact that reading is delayed slightly to allow for musical development is the reason that this method is so highly successful. 

Moving through lessons in small, sequential steps allows a student to build a solid foundation that breeds a sense of total success.  Each mastered accomplishment creates legitimate pride and builds a path of success and self-esteem that becomes its own motivation and enthusiasm for learning.   

 Suzuki lessons (like good traditional lessons) focus on the development of good musical tone and a strong memory.  The musical awareness and training develop tools that help students succeed in any future endeavors.  

We often hear the Suzuki Method of teaching referred to as “Talent Education.” All children are talented.  It is an amazing task learning to speak a language, but all kids do it at an extremely early age.  This “Mother tongue” approach to music applies their natural abilities to a new arena.  Talent in this perspective is just a matter of mastering the small steps that build to bigger abilities.  Everyone is talented, and everyone can learn to make beautiful music when lessons are approached properly.