Suzuki: Duets for Violins [Paperback]

Shinichi Suzuki (Composer)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1999

This book contains the second violin part and some third violin parts written by Dr. Suzuki to selected pieces from Suzuki Violin School, Volumes 1, 2 and 3. When a student starts playing advanced pieces he may learn the second part. Contents are: 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 (T.H. Bayly) * Allegro (Shinichi Suzuki) * Perpetual Motion (Shinichi Suzuki) * Allegretto (Shinichi Suzuki) * Andantino (Shinichi Suzuki) * Etude (Shinichi Suzuki) * Minuet No. 1, Minuet III from Suite in G Minor for Klavier, BWV 822 (J.S. Bach) * Minuet No. 2, Minuet, BWV Anh. II 116 from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (J.S. Bach) * Chorus from Judas Maccabaeus (G.F. Handel) * Mussette, Gavotte II or the Musette from English Suite III in G Minor for Klavier, BWV 808 (J.S. Bach) * Bourr?e from Sonata in F Major for Oboe, HHA IV/18, No. 8 (G.F. Handel) * Gavotte (P. Martini) * Minuet, BWV Anh. II 114/Anh. III 183/Anh. (J.S. Bach) * Minuet in G, Wo0 10, No. 2 (L. van Beethoven).

Product Details

• Paperback: 16 pages
• Publisher: Birch Tree Group Ltd; Revised edition (July 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874870933
• ISBN-13: 978-0874870930
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Susulo duets, May 16, 2008

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P Jones (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Suzuki: Duets for Violins (Paperback)

This book adds a very lovely touch to students studying violin. The harmony parts are not difficult but true to the original sound of the music. The music goes with some of the songs in Book 1 and 2 violin solos. While the parts are not difficult, it probably would be better for a little more advanced student who actually reads music to play. I would think it would be more difficult for a student to learn it from memory as most students do in book 1 and 2. It was played by children in book 3 and 4 to accompany children in book 1 and 2 as they played for the teacher's recital and was a beautiful touch.

2.0 out of 5 stars Kindle version poorly done, January 4, 2012

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W. Chin (NH United States) - See all my reviews
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The print version of the book is fine. However, the Kindle version is poorly done.

The Kindle version consists of scanned pages from the paper book. Many titles don't render on the same page as the music score at some zoom view settings. Zoom changes result in inconsistent scaling and positioning of various scanned objects, e.g. song titles, composer names, and the music scores themselves. Some of the musical notations have been cropped and therefore lost. The Kindle conversion just seemed too amateurish, especially with the Japanese characters of the composer names being shown at the bottom of the music score instead of below the English name. Some of the composer names are shown on the left side instead of the right side of the page.

The only noteworthy features in the Kindle version are the hyperlinked Table of Contents and the search feature. I may have been better off buying the book, and scanning it into a PDF document to load onto my Kindle.

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice arrangements, August 8, 2011

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My daughter is in Suzuki book 2 so we played through the first 14 songs in this book. We enjoyed the arrangements. The only things that kept me from giving this a 5 star rating was that I would have appreciated that both parts be on the same score for easier reading, and not just the accompaniment as in this book, and that the binding was a spiral binding instead of a staple. I bought my daughter's violin 1 book with a spiral binding and it is much easier to work with as it lies flat or can be folded around.

I normally accompany her with the piano arrangements, and these were somewhat different, but that was the good part. It keeps things interesting through the hours of playing Suzuki involves, and a violin is much easier to take with us... compared to a piano :-)