Editing Suzuki method (section)

==Background==
The Suzuki Method was conceived in the mid-20th century by [[Shinichi Suzuki]], a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] violin salesman. Suzuki noticed that children pick up their [[native language]] quickly, whereas adults consider even [[dialects]] difficult to learn but are spoken with ease by children at age five or six. He reasoned that if children have the skill to acquire their [[first language|native language]], they might have the ability to become proficient on a [[musical instrument]]. Suzuki decided to develop a [[teaching method]] after a conversation with [[Leonor Michaelis]], who was Professor of [[Biochemistry]] at the [[University of Nagoya]].<ref>{{cite journal| last = Azzi| first = A| journal = IUBMB Life| date = 2006| title = Leonor Michaelis and Music: Transcript of a Conversation with Kunio Yagi in 1986| volume = 58| issue = 5–6 | pages = 378| doi = 10.1080/15216540600702230| pmid = 16754335| s2cid = 2802395| doi-access = }}</ref>

Suzuki pioneered the idea that a [[preschool]] age child could learn to play the [[violin]] if the learning steps were small enough and the instrument was scaled down to fit their body. He modeled his method, which he called {{nihongo|"Talent Education"|才能教育|sainō kyōiku}}, after his theories of natural [[language acquisition]]. Suzuki believed that every child, if properly taught, was capable of a high level of musical achievement. He also made it clear that the goal of such musical education was to raise [[generation]]s of children with "noble hearts"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Building Noble Hearts |url=https://suzukiassociation.org/building-noble-hearts/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=Suzuki Association of the Americas |language=en}}</ref> as opposed to creating famous musical [[child prodigy|prodigies]].