Essential Elements for Strings: Book 1 with CD-ROM Author: Michael Allen | Language: English | ISBN:
0634038176 | Format: EPUB
Essential Elements for Strings: Book 1 with CD-ROM Description
- Paperback: 48 pages
- Publisher: Hal Leonard; 2012 edition (July 1, 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0634038176
- ISBN-13: 978-0634038174
- Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.7 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
"For a real violin study, go with Suzuki." While that might work for a child that is ages 3-4 in a one-on-one or small group setting (which is what the Suzuki Method was intended for), it does not work well in large group learning situation for kids who are twice that age, beginning instruments in fourth and fifth grade. And to be honest, almost everything in the Suzuki method *IS* an arrangement of an original work (like the Bach Bouree from the cello suites set for violin), chosen because even in their simplified form they help teach the fundamental concepts.
This is my third year using EE2000 in my school program. I usually have between 30-40 students at each grade level in the orchestra. The books and their accompanying CD/DVD work really well and are of the appropriate complexity for the students ages nine through eleven. As a private instructor myself, I recommend to all my students to seek outside instruction, but EE2000 provides a good balance of technical development with ensemble skills for the beginners. Students coming into my program who already play don't feel bored because I am able to append more complex tasks in bowing and fingering to them using the existing material, giving them helpful exercises to expand their current abilities, while they help in encouraging their beginning peers.
Lastly, a smart child, if they are so motivated (as some of my kids are), can look at the directives in the EE2000 book and figure out a lot of things on their own ahead of the class, and they are provided with just enough information to accomplish those tasks fairly correctly, without doing awful things to their technique. The included instruction videos are very helpful in this case as well.
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