Summy-Birchard

Author: Shinichi Suzuki
Performers: Violin - Hilary Hahn, Piano Accompaniment - Natalie Zhu
Format: Book with CD
Instrumentation: Violin

Teach violin with the popular Suzuki Violin School! The Suzuki Method of Talent Education is based on Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Shinichi Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings. Students are taught using the "mother-tongue" approach. Each series of books for a particular instrument in the Suzuki Method is considered a Suzuki music school, such as the Suzuki Violin School. Suzuki lessons are generally given in a private studio setting with additional group lessons. The student listens to the recordings and works with their Suzuki violin teacher to develop their potential as a musician and as a person.

This Suzuki Book & CD is integral for Suzuki violin lessons. This International Edition of the Suzuki Violin School, Volume 1 features:

• Engravings in a 9" x 12" format
• New editing of pieces, including bowings and fingerings
• 16 additional pages
• Additional exercises, some from Shinichi Suzuki, plus additional insight and suggestions for teachers
• Glossary of terms in English, French, German, and Spanish
• Musical notation guide
• Fingerboard position
• CD features new recordings by Hilary Hahn in collaboration with pianist Natalie Zhu, as well as piano accompaniment only tracks for play-along purposes

Contents:

• Principles of Study and Guidance
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Variations (Suzuki)
• Lightly Row (Folk Song)
• Song of the Wind (Folk Song)
• Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song)
• O Come, Little Children (Folk Song)
• May Song (Folk Song)
• Long, Long Ago (Bayly)
• Allegro (Suzuki)
• Perpetual Motion (Suzuki)
• Allegretto (Suzuki)
• Andantino (Suzuki)
• Etude (Suzuki)
• Minuet 1, Minuett III from Suite in G Minor for Klavier, BWV 822 (Bach)
• Minuet 2, Minuet, BWV Anh. II 116 from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Bach)
• Minuet 3, Minuet BWV Anh. II 114 / Anh. III 183 (Bach)
• The Happy Farmer from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 10 (Schumann)
• Gavotte (Gossec)