A lot of people hear and believe the myth that violin will sound terrible by
beginner players. It is simply not true. We have switched 3 teachers and
visited even more due to relocation and etc. One can not focus on everything
at the same time. Most Suzuki teachers emphasize on position and ask
students memorize the song and play in front of mirrors. Our previous
teacher is a big fan of rhythm practices and use metronome at the very
beginning. Our current teacher focuses more on the quality of each sound and
intonation. She will stop the student every time if the sound is not
perfect. It is a pain switching between two different teachers at the
beginning. But I finally figure out as long as you hold on there and the
teacher has a good track record, it is just a matter of sequence on what the
kid will learn/master. Suzuki book is popular in the market but none of the
teachers I have visited use it solely. Most of them use Suzuki and
accompany with other books. Or they don't use Suzuki at all.
Our previous teacher uses Hohmann as beginner and switch to hrimaly and
wohlfahrt after book 1. Our current teacher use Schradieck accompany with
Suzuki and 2 octave scales. I personally think hrimaly and wohlfahrt are
better and more popular but it is really a preference and we should respect
the teacher's choice.