Introduction: I was a college violin professor for over 30 years. Have extensive teaching experience with students of all ages from 6 years old and up. I love teaching beginners and children bringing them up and giving them solid foundations in proper posture, music reading, tone production, left hand finger technique, and rhythm. It is not impossible to bring a child up with all the fundamentals simultaneously, to leave one aspect out means more hard work later. My philosophy is to progress encompassing all these fundamentals. My students typically finish all 8 Suzuki method books in less than three years.