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These easy-to-read, progressive exercises by Joanne Martin develop a student's reading skills one stage at a time, with many repetitions at each stage. I Can Read Music is designed as a first note-reading book for students of string instruments who have learned to play using an aural approach such as the Suzuki Method(R), or for traditionally taught students who need extra note reading practice. Its presentation of new ideas is clear enough that it can be used daily at home by quite young children and their parents, with the teacher checking progress every week or two.

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0874874394
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February 1, 1995
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Alfred Music; 0 edition (February 1, 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Spiral-bound ‏ : ‎ 108 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0874874394
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0874874396
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.9 ounces

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chris perry

It works

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 18, 2022

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I have leaned the violin on my own. I used a bunch of different books and remained lost. This book worked. I was able to read music in just a couple of weeks.

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TheAttachedMama

Using the book as an adult student

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 16, 2012

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I am using this book as an adult student. I have to admit that I DREAD the time of day when I pull this book out to practice. The way the information in this book is presented is SO incredibly boring and monotonous. Surely there has to be SOME other way to teach this same information that isn't so incredibly tedious. Right?! I know this book is probably more geared towards children learning. However, if I was a little kid, this book would just squash the joy of learning an instrument right out of me!

I don't know why other reviewers say this book goes well with the Suzuki method. (Maybe because the author says that on the back cover?) This book has little to nothing to do with the Suzuki method. As far as I understand it, the Suzuki method is about developing an appreciation and love for music. The Suzuki method is ingenious in that it uses REAL songs and melodies to teach fundamental skills. This makes learning fun because you have the natural motivation for learning a new song. AND you have the natural reward or producing actual music.

This book, on the other hand, is just a bunch of random notes thrown onto a page. The idea is that the student is suppose to play through the random notes and the order they are laid out in gets increasingly difficult as you go on. So the theory is that they fingers will be strengthened as you move through the book and you will also learn to read music. The book does accomplsh this. But surely--there has to be SOMEWAY to make it more interesting. The sound made by these random notes thrown onto the page is just TERRIBLE. I know next to nothing about music, but I am sure that I could probably lay out the same notes they are trying to teach in any given lesson into a more melodic pattern. Just that small change would make this book just a tad more pleasurable to get through. Instead of just producing random, terrible noise. (Seriously, the result of hearing the "music" in this book offends my ears.) I usually feel upbeat and happy when I am practicing the suzuki book. When you play the "noise" in this book, I tend to feel discouraged because of the junk noise produced.

Also, don't expect that you could just pick this book up and learn to read music. This book is obviously meant to be used in conjunction with an instructor. Don't expect any explanation about the names of the notes or explanation about the various beats you should hold a rest or anything like that. Basically this book is just a series of sheet music where notes are thrown upon the page in a random order.

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nathan

A great primer to learn music

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Durable frame, easy to see and read. Most importantly it’s teaches my daughter how to read music and to play basic songs on her violin.

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dhoped123

Working great for a seven year old

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My daughter is seven years old, and has been doing Suzuki violin since she was five. We have now started using this note reading book in our practices, and it is working well. We are about halfway through the book, and she is getting very comfortable reading notes. I think it's important that the student is old enough to be comfortable reading (as in reading books) before starting to learn note reading.

Another key is to use this book the right way. We started at lesson one, and for each row of notes, my daughter first says the name of each note in the line. Then she plays it. We only play the line once (if she gets it right) or twice (if she makes mistakes), because the point it to read the notes. After the second time playing a line of music, she has it memorized and she is no longer reading it. We only do about three lines of music per day and then switch to our typical violin practice.

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Jessica

Fabulous addition to Suzuki violin teaching or lessons

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I use this to supplement early Suzuki teaching and love it for teaching rhythm and note reading. It doesn’t move super fast, so with an older student I’d definitely supplement with flash cards or go through faster. I love it, though, and would really miss it as a teaching tool if I didn’t have it.

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Connie

Great way to teach note reading especially for Suzuki teachers

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This is a great note reading book for Suzuki trained children. It is very comprehensive in that the child really knows how to read the note and rhythm backwards and forward by the time they finish the book. The book keeps the pitch practice separate from the theory, but is set up into easy lessons. I use this with my violin students. I use one lesson a week. It takes about a year to complete it. I have the kids sing the names of the note in pitch before they ever play it. I do the same with counting the rythms. I will not start a student note reading until they can proficently play without their posture becoming compromise as I try to distract them while they play. I expect consistant good tone before a child ever begins to note read.

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Dee Dee

Great for young kids!

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Very simple progression for young children learning to read music. 5 year old loves adding this into his violin practice as a way to change up the repetition of the Suzuki practice routine.

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Caro O.

Must have for beginnera

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Can I just say wow!!! I wasn’t sure at first how much we would love this book but there is no complaining at practice time and both counting and musical notes are coming right along. Very practical introduction and easy to follow. Notes are easy to read.

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Abbie-louise Fowler

Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 30, 2020

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Amazing book for beginners of violin. This is brilliant for helping with reading violin music it has helped my daughter so much she likes the fact that the music is a good size to read. Will defently recommend.

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Becky Bines

Disappointed and upset

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 1, 2020

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Due to issues with Amazon this was purchased inadvertently and now I can't even download it as it is not compatible with my device. A waste of money when I have none to waste. Very disappointed. Especially when I cannot find a way of contacting the seller or Amazon to discuss this.

Evonne

It helps my little one

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 4, 2019

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Great helped my little one’s note reading! Hopefully she will pass her grade test.

Joe

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 1, 2015

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Yet another good beginners music book.

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helen spiby

Good to get started reading music

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 26, 2013

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My son is learning to read music and is getting on well. He made a good start but the novelty is wearing off. Never-the-less it's a good concept for learning to read music.

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