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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a Suzuki violin parent, and I too believe music is simply part of the kid's education so they have to do it, just like they gave to do math. I think it is very hard to keep a child at piano, when the kid doesn't love it,  for the long haul, given there is so little communal fun with piano, compared to all the orchestra/band instruments.  From what I have seen, more piano kids quit when they hit MS and HS, despite being pretty good, compared to the other instruments that you can play more readily in group situations.  While jazz bands usually have a pianist, that is just one kid.  Personally, around here where it is so competitive, I would encourage her to do a wind instrument at this point, as people start that later than string instruments, unless she really likes violin.  Also, it's so hard to sound good on violin for a long time, compared to piano and wind instruments.   Whatever she chooses, I recommend private lessons, to learn good technique from the beginning.  But she will be able to be in some group at school even without private lessons, just not the top ones depending on her school.[/quote]

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