The Suzuki method is mainly aimed at children - maybe exclusively so, but I think there are some interesting things that I can learn from it anyway. I am 42 - bit older than the target audience for Suzuki.
This Wikipedia page has details of the method for various instruments. This is my filtered bullet list of the steps I should be incorporating into my learning to get the most (fastest?) benefit:
Saturation - listen to classical music. Particularly piano in my case. Collaborate with other 'musicians'. Alright I am not a musician yet by any stretch, but I still have friends and family who play instruments. So I can make some headway on this one.
Avoid tests - suits me fine. I just want to play for fun, so no great need to be tested for now.
Use well trained teachers - I am going to give this a miss for the moment. The reason being that I want to try the technology solution first - i.e. Garage Band and the built in tutorials in the instrument. I am sure that there are tons of tutorials on the web also, but I am not even bothering to look yet as I have enough on my hands. I am not afraid of doing lessons at a later stage though if I think it will be beneficial and I can make the time.
Play in groups - I can get started on this as soon as I can hold a tune. My son is a bass and guitar player and a singer. Plenty of scope there.
Retain every piece of music every learned. I like this idea. If you go to the trouble of learning it, then you should not waste it. Easy to do now as I only have one piece I can (almost) perform.
Frequent public performance - builds confidence etc. Well this is a stretch for now. I need to sound not brutal before I put anyone else especially a member of the public through my playing.
Day 3 -
Practiced for about 50 minutes today. Slow progress, but enjoying myself at the moment.
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