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Suzuki violin incorporates
passive mode in class. Before Suzuki violin students ever receive violin, they observe others who are doing what they will eventually do. Even after receiving and working with violin, they continue to observe others in masterclass setting and group lessons. While, more traditional violin lessons are modeled on an environment of isolation. When students do interact, competition between individual students is often used as a means to motivate them. Cooperative learning techniques are neglected or ignored. With one-on-one model, students don't get much opportunity to study and play music with peers.
The Suzuki violin method imparts technical skills needed to play violin in a way that has similarities with approach used in traditional Asian martial arts. There is meticulous attention to form, detail, and movement and it is usually taught by a master who has been handed skills by other masters. Suzuki formulated a highly original violin technique that is radical and remarkably efficient. He has disseminated these ideas to teachers and students in form of "teaching points" - specific descriptions, each dealing with a single aspect of technique and recommended exercises for its mastery. In process of renovating violin study, Suzuki dramatically improved way violin is technically mastered
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