Suzuki Piano School - New International Edition- Volume 1 (Suzuki Method Core Materials) [Paperback]

Dr. Suzuki (Author)

Book Description

Series: Suzuki Method Core Materials | Publication Date: May 13, 2008

The New International Edition of Suzuki Piano School, Volume 1 includes French, German and Spanish translations as well as a newly recorded CD performed by internationally renowned recording artist Seizo Azuma. Now the book and CD can be purchased together or separately. Titles: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" Variations (Shinichi Suzuki) * Lightly Row (German Folk Song) * The Honeybee (Bohemian Folk Song) * Cuckoo (German Folk Song) * Lightly Row (German Folk Song) * French Children's Song (French Folk Song) * London Bridge (English Folk Song) * Mary Had a Little Lamb (American Nursery Song) * Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song) * Au Clair de la Lune (J. B. Lully) * Long, Long Ago (T. H. Bayly) * Little Playmates (F. X. Chwatal) * Chant Arabe (Anonymous) * Allegretto 1 (C. Czerny) * Goodbye to Winter (Folk Song) * Allegretto 2 (C. Czerny) * Christmas-Day Secrets (T. Dutton) * Allegro (S. Suzuki) * Musette (Anonymous).

Product Details

• Paperback: 36 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Publishing; Mul New in edition (May 13, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739054473
• ISBN-13: 978-0739054475
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #5 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Nonfiction > Foreign Language Nonfiction > French
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best collection of piano literature a beginning student can learn, May 31, 2011

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N. WILSON (Provo, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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I learned Suzuki piano as a child; we moved, and I changed methods as we found other teachers. As a parent and teacher, I have come back to this book, because compared to the other literature for first year students, this is the best.

It is important to know what you are getting - this is not an "all-in-one" piano book. This is a book to help the teacher/parent know what songs they are teaching the children. It is not for children to read, but to play. I supplement this with Thompson, Alfred, Pace, or FJH for my children and students to learn to sight read, and to learn some fun songs that are not for perfecting. This is the backbone, though - it has the exercises and "recital pieces" that help a student feel that they can really play, not just "fool around". The big difference is that every piece in this book is meant to be a recital piece - but just as children can understand, enjoy, and re-tell stories far beyond their current reading level, children can appreciate and reproduce this music without being able to read. In the Suzuki philosophy, music reading is something taught as the child is ready, which is recognized as not necessarily being the same time is ready to play.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book to start with, August 4, 2010

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D. Wachowiak (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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I am an Adult beginner, and have been listening this CD and practicing these songs, it is quite helpful. However I have a teacher to guide me, may not be for completely self-taught beginner.

20 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as strings program, January 5, 2011

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KD - See all my reviews

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The Suzuki piano book is riding on the coat tails of the string books. The Suzuki method began with the violin and has expanded to include various instruments, unfortunately some instrument lesson books are not as good as others.
There are much better piano lesson books out there, and they teach theory! Part of the benefit of piano lessons is learning the why, the theory. The Alfred piano series teaches theory while learning and playing songs. And there are books to accompany the lesson books, for instance Note speller, that teach these concepts.
My eldest child takes Suzuki violin lessons and it is great. Our piano teacher (4 children) uses a mix of Alfred, Faber and Faber, and bastien easy classics.
For my third child I wanted to use the Suzuki piano books with the CD since the violin experience had been so good. My piano teacher told me, "if you want to use this method for piano, get someone else to teach it." I was surprised, but I called around to find another instructor, not easy. After calling around and not liking what I heard, I finally called THE Suzuki lady ($$$) in the area that teaches Suzuki violin, cello, and viola. She stated she does not use this book, she uses the Alfred books. That was it for me.
I stuck with my piano teacher, she used Suzuki for some of the arrangements, not many.
*For instance, she did not like on page 20, of a book one piano book, that treble clef was used on both staffs for French Children's Song. She said this was confusing to a beginning student. Book one alternates between bass and treble on the bottom staff.
**After five songs of teaching children bass clef, book one changes to treble for French Children's Song, London Bridge, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Au Clair de la Lune. Then on song eleven switches back to bass clef on the bottom staff for song Long, Long Ago. The book switches back and forth through the rest of the book.
*She hated that their was no theory or explanation for the child to refer back to as they learned a new concept. No helpful keyboard to show hand position for the child to refer back to when the teacher was gone. Nothing.
*Another strike for her was sixteenth notes introduced right off the bat.
The child now uses Alfred and famous and fun favorites. Wish I had not purchased book one and book two Suzuki piano.