Baerenreiter Verlag

Elementary duets. Dances and other pieces in various keys

Authors: Egon Sassmannshaus, Kurt Sassmannshaus
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Violin

The main focus of Volume 3 lies on duet playing in different metres and keys. The variety of the selected recital pieces is designed to encourage fun in music-making and to develop a feeling for contrasting musical styles. On this basis, the familiar finger patterns and bowing strokes are thoroughly practiced and expanded. Learners also encounter fundamental ornaments (trills, appoggiaturas, upper mordents) and a new rhythmic unit: the triplet.

Contents:

• Preface
• The Half Step Is Between The Second And Third Fingers
• Ornaments
• The Half Step Is Between The First And Second Fingers
• The Second Finger Changes Between Low And High Positions
• The Half Step Is Between The Third And Fourth Fingers
• The Third Finger Changes Between Low And High Positions
• The First Finger Is Low
• The First Finger Changes Between Low And High Positions
• Finger Patterns, Old And New
• The Fourth Finger Is In Low Position
• The Fourth Finger Changes Between Low And High Positions
• Triplets
• Duets In Various Keys With Changing Finger Patterns
• Major And Minor Scales

The authors
In 1976 Egon Sassmannshaus, one of the most experienced and renowned violin teachers in Germany, published his tutor "Fruher Anfang auf der Geige". This standard work for young string players quickly became the most popular and best-selling tutor in the German-speaking countries for beginners on the violin. His son Kurt Sassmannshaus functioned as co-editor of the English-language edition, "Early Start on the Violin" (BA 9676, BA 9677, BA 9678, BA 9679), adapting his father's successful tutor to meet the needs and requirements of English-speaking children.

The combined knowledge and experience of both father and son make these four volumes the most thoroughly researched and thought-through violin tutor for beginners all over the world.