My 7 year old son has been doing Suzuki violin for about 2 years.
His teacher usually spends 40 min out of his 45 lesson telling him
about his bad posture
(violin pointing down towards the ground) and hardly practises 1-2
pieces each lesson.
He's up to Minuet 1 now but the teacher very rare teaches him new
pieces during the lesson and is not happy when I'm doing it it a
home- I'm a pianist, not violinist.
I'm doing it because otherwise he will compeletely loose any interest
in violin.
The teacher always says that the shoulder rest is not good - we tried
a lot -and he cannot progress further without my son holding the
violin properly.
I understand that the posture is im****tant but I think for young
children and especially for not so patient boys it's even more
im****tant not to lose interest.
What is your opinion - is it possible to not concentrate so much on
his posture and get back to it when he's a bit older?
