Editing Suzuki method (section)

==Technique==
Although Suzuki was a violinist, the method he founded is not a "school of violin playing" whose students can be identified by the set of techniques they use to play the violin. However, some of the technical concepts Suzuki taught his own students, such as the development of "tonalization," were so essential to his way of teaching that they have been carried over into the entire method. Other non-instrument specific techniques are used to implement the basic elements of the philosophy in each [[academic discipline|discipline]].

*'''Tonalization''' is defined as the student's ability to produce and recognize a beautiful, ringing tone quality on their instrument. This term was coined by Suzuki and is based on the word "vocalization." While initially developed for violin education, the tonalization technique has been applied to other instruments, including the piano. Suzuki believed that a student must learn tonalization in order to properly reproduce and perform music.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lavie |first=Karen |year=2005 |title=New Zealand Suzuki Journal |url=https://suzuki.org.nz |journal=New Zealand Suzuki Journal |publisher=New Zealand Suzuki Institute}}</ref> Outside the Suzuki method, the term used is "tone production," and is part of Western music education stretching back to its beginning.{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}}
*The use of '''[[sound recording]]s''' is another technique common to all the musical instruments taught in the Suzuki method. Pre-recorded music is used to help students learn notes, [[Musical phrasing|phrasing]], [[dynamics (music)|dynamics]], [[rhythm]], and tone quality [[learning music by ear|by ear]]. Suzuki believed that the advent of recording technology made it possible for large numbers of "ordinary" people whose parents were not themselves great musicians and music teachers to be surrounded with excellent performances from birth. The Suzuki method requires daily listening in the home from before birth if possible and the implementation of a beginner's repertoire alongside recordings of advanced repertoire.
*'''Instruments are adapted''' to meet the demands of a small child's body in various ways.  This lowers the age at which people are anatomically ready to begin studying an instrument.  Scaled-down instrument sizes are used for children studying [[stringed instruments]]. Curved-headjoint flutes with displaced keys (which are closer together than normal flute keys) and holes are also available, making it possible for children as young as three to study the flute.  Height-adjustable chairs, benches, and footrests are used for piano, guitar, cello, and double bass.  Fractional-sized student violins were already available when Suzuki began to teach, but the popularity of the method prompted [[luthier|violinmakers]] to scale violins down to even smaller [[violin#Sizes|sizes]] than before.
*'''Suzuki Institutes''' were established to encourage a musical community, train teachers, and provide a place where master teachers' ideas can be spread to the whole community of Suzuki students, teachers and parents.  These short term music festivals began in Matsumoto, Japan, where teachers & students came to learn from Suzuki.  In the US, they often last for a week or two and include daily [[masterclass]]es; repertoire (group) classes; teacher training courses; concerts; discussion sessions; seminars; and various 'enrichment' classes in different musical styles, instruments, or non-musical (usually arts, crafts, or dancing) activities.  As at any music festival, participants must pay registration and tuition fees to the institute they are attending.  Each national Suzuki association handles registration for teacher training, and policies differ from country to country.
*A '''common repertoire''' for all students of an instrument was established.  This body of music is designed to allow each student to participate in group classes, help foster local and international musical community and camaraderie, and provide motivation for students to learn new music while keeping the 'old' pieces they have learned in top form.