Does anyone know anything about the Suzuki method to learn the flute? I have just completed Grade 6 but wondered if continued learning the Suzuki way would be a good idea? And if so, do they teach adults who can already play?

I went to a concert last night, a family with 7 children on various instruments and they were AMAZING! Apparently they all learn by Suzuki method and they are very young and very very good. I wondered if it would help me.

Does anyone know anything about it?

It might be worth dropping a PM to FluteDiva!! (N.B. not flute_diva). I'm pretty sure that she has learnt through the suzuki method.

You might want to bear in mind, though, that the suzuki method is a complete method in itself and is best followed from the start if you're going to do it at all, it's not really something you can switch to part way through because it takes a different approach to learning. You might be able to learn things through doing some suzuki-style work, but you cannot as an intermediate player suddenly switch to learning suzuki because you'll already have learnt a lot of things which will have been covered in a different way to what would have been taught if you'd done suzuki from the start.

Did that make sense? If not, then hopefully someone who understands what I was trying to say will come along and word it better for you.

Thanks, yes that does make sense and is something I did wonder about. Never mind, it was worth a thought anyway.

Even if you don't follow the Suzuki method, I've always found the repertoire in the books to be very enjoyable and have a few of them myself. Bear in mind that Suzuki book number doesn't necessarily correspond to the ABRSM (or other) grade of the same number, so make sure you look at the books before buying them to make sure you're not buying something far too easy/hard.