Kodaly, Suzuki and Dalcroze, Sounds like characters from Rainbow! Options

[FullofWind]

In layman's terms, please could someone kindly explain to me what kodaly, dalcroze and suzuki is and how these methods may be better than traditional methods? I have googled them but I'm finding it all very confusing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

[jonathanquinn]

I can only comment on my own experience of starting to learn the violin using the Suzuki method. A friend's mother, who was a professional violinist, heard that I was learning with a Suzuki teacher and tried to warn my mother off it as a way of learning. I was later taught by three of the most distinguished teachers in London, which culminated in my being rejected from the RAM, RCM, and RNCM. Whether or not my starting to learn with a Suzuki teacher had anything to do with my eventual failure as a musician I have no idea. I suppose had I started out being taught by a member of the Endellion Quartet I might either have developed better technique or been told from the outset that I would never be playing with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and that I should give up any hope of playing the violin rather than waste the next ten years working away at an instrument I would never really be able to play. I wouldn't say that I hold a grudge against my former Suzuki teacher, but I wonder how things might have turned out had I had better teaching and/or guidance.