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Suzuki Cello Book 4 22: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fourth Volume of the Suzuki Cello School



There are also no written rules for the differences between manufacturing country, but (roughly) German cellos often are correct, Romanian & Hungarian often come up an inch or so small. Chinese cellos can be exact, or a little over/under.




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We offer Suzuki instruction in violin, viola, cello, bass, piano, flute and guitar, for students age 3 and up. We have several registered Suzuki teachers, offering Suzuki violin/viola instruction up to Book 8, Suzuki piano instruction up to book 4, Suzuki guitar up to book 3, and Suzuki cello and flute instruction up to book 2, Suzuki bass instruction to book 3.


Supplemental group class for private lesson students (violin/viola/cello/guitar/flute): 15 group classes per semester, plus group class performance, and parent support events. Group classes start late September.


Offered for piano, violin, or cello. In addition to the weekly private lesson, children and parents will attend a group class where they will play games to reinforce musical and technical issues with the instrument. The group class will help create a strong incentive to practice. No prior musical experience is needed on the part of the parent or the child.


Suzuki instruction for string players (violin and cello) will emphasize learning to hold the instrument in a balanced and relaxed manner. Lessons will teach the student to play with a good tone and rhythm and will work to develop a strong sense of pitch. Young string players will begin lessons in either small groups or individually.


Today's line of books sheet music and media for musicians to improve on their instrument of choice is both diverse and extensive. Many of these books contain works by legendary composers for brass, woodwind and orchestral strings - In fact sheet music is the main form in which Western classic music is written so it can be performed by ensembles instrumentalists and singers. Companies like KJOS Hal Leonard Alfred and Carl Fischer specialize in a wide range of performance instruction scores and music theory and history books for brass ensembles orchestral strings and marching percussionists. Popular titles among many music educators include \"KJOS Standard of Excellence\" \"Hal Leonard Essential Elements for Band\" and \"Alfred Sound Innovations for Concert Band\".


Another famous collection of musical lead sheets is the \"Fake Book\" which features the minimal information needed for a musician to make a quick song arrangement (ie: the melody line basic chords and sometimes lyrics). Since these books were originally printed illegally they contained many errors. In the 70s students at the Berklee College of Music began publishing versions that fixed these errors and called them \"Real Books\". Today legitimate versions of both Real and Fake Books can be found courtesy of Hal Leonard and they are central to the culture of playing music live - especially among jazz musicians who value improvisation skills. Sheet music and scores often come in the form of interactive DVDs and CD-ROMs. Digital sheet music downloads are also very popular. Books sheet music and media are available for famous movie scores holiday favorites and famous top-40 bands and singers.


Welcome to my comprehensive list of editions for the standard cello repertoire. I hope that you find this list helpful when choosing the right piece for yourself or your student. Each work includes a grade level 1 through 6 (based on the ASTA syllabus recommendations), where 1 is beginner and 6 is very advanced. Grade 2 is around Suzuki book-4 level. Grade 3 is around Suzuki book 5-6 level, as so on. Each work also includes currently available editions and my recommendations. The editions are split into 3 categories: Urtext/Critical (based on original sources), Performance (has useful fingerings and bowings), and Non-performance (no useful fingering or bowing, and not based on original sources). If you would like to suggest a work for this list, I would be happy to consider it. You may also read my detailed reviews of major publishers here.A note of caution: Piano parts in sonatas that say "for Piano and Cello" or "for Cello and Piano" are all Grade 6 for the pianist. These are not "accompaniments." It can take the pianist 6-12 months to learn these sonatas properly. Baroque piano reductions and basso continuo realizations are typically Grades 2-3 for the pianist; classical and romantic piano reductions are Grades 4-5; 20th and 21st century piano reductions are Grades 5-6. Bach's Gamba sonatas are Grades 4-5 for the harpsichord/piano. Please plan accordingly!


BlochJewish Life (3 pieces for Cello and Piano)Grade 4 Urtext/Critical Edition(s): YL EditionFirst Edition: Carl FischerNote: Currently available as part of a collection with other works for cello and piano by Bloch.


Mendelssohn Sonata No. 1 for Piano and Cello, Op. 45Grade 4Performance Edition(s): Henle (Kanngiesser), Peters (Cahnbley)Urtext/Critical Edition(s): Barenreiter, HenleNote: Barenreiter and Peters are a part of a Mendelssohn complete cello music collection


Mendelssohn Sonata No. 2 for Piano and Cello Op. 58Grade 5Performance Edition(s): Henle (Kanngiesser), Peters (Cahnbley) Urtext/Critical Edition(s): Barenreiter, Henle Note: Barenreiter and Peters are a part of a Mendelssohn complete cello music collection


MendelssohnSong without words for Cello and Piano, Op. 109Grade 3Performance Edition(s): Henle (Kanngiesser), Peters (Cahnbley) Urtext/Critical Edition(s): Barenreiter, Henle Note: Barenreiter and Peters are a part of a Mendelssohn complete cello music collection


MendelssohnVariations Piano and Cello, Op. 17Grade 5Performance Edition(s): Henle (Kanngiesser), Peters (Cahnbley) Urtext/Critical Edition(s): Barenreiter, Henle Note: Barenreiter and Peters are a part of a Mendelssohn complete cello music collection


RachmaninovSonata for Piano and Cello, Op. 19Grade 5Urtext/Critical Edition(s): YL EditionFirst Edition: Gutheil (reprinted by Boosey, IMC, Jurgenson)Note: None of the major publishers get it right with this edition. Expect misprints. YL Edition offers a corrected cello part at my website store. I wrote an article about the deficiencies in the current editions.


RombergSonata Op. 43/1Grade 2Performance Edition(s): IMC, YL Edition (Romberg)Urtext/Critical Edition(s): YL EditionNote: Romberg's sonatas Op. 43 were composed as pedagogical pieces for 2 cellos (student and teacher). Jansen of the IMC edition was a pianist, not a cellist. The old IMC edition actually has Romberg's fingerings and bowings for the most part. The new IMC (Solow) edition leaves the poorly written piano part and adds a poor engraving on top of that.


Schumann Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102 Grade 4-5 Performance Edition(s): Henle (Geringas), IMC (Davidoff/Davydov, Pohle reprint), Peters (Grutzmacher) Urtext/Critical Edition(s): Henle Note: The IMC (Davidoff) edition uses the old treble clef instead of the tenor clef. Some cello won't mind the treble clef; I personally prefer it. Grutzmacher's edition is very good and is available on IMSLP.


Servais6 Caprices, Op. 11 (2nd cello ad lib.)Grade 6Performance Edition(s): Gérard Billaudot (Tournus, with new piano part), IMC (Becker), Schott (Becker), Ricordi (Filippini)Urtext/Critical Edition(s): YL EditionFirst Edition: Schott (Servais, 1852)


July 1, 2013 at 09:43 PM I was not raised on Suzuki, I was required to go through the standard etude progression. So far, none of the Suzuki people that I have seen ever actually bother to finish the method. They all quit it somewhere around the middle and then catch up on their technique, so I'm just curious if anyone here either finished it or witnessed someone else finishing it? I know that the last two books are Mozart concerti but I'm not asking if anyone has played those concerti, I want to know if they actually stuck with the specific Suzuki method itself all the way through the last book and finished it in Suzuki.


July 1, 2013 at 09:52 PM Yes! I laugh sometimes thinking back to those last days, learning Mozart 5 and 4 (or Books 9 and 10!) and starting scales and arpeggios, all with my first teacher. But she was great, and I got her take on such things. Later, of course, I learned the pieces (and scales) again and had a lot more to think about. But I was 9 or 10 then, and my greatest joy was listening to the Perlman recordings of those concerti every day on the bus rides to and from 4th grade. I loved those pieces! I'm sure I would roll my eyes at the fingerings and bowings in the books though.


I did a graduation recital just after I turned 11, when I changed to my second teacher, who would take me through to conservatory. If I recall correctly, the recital had something from each of the 10 books.


Looking back, my parents and I wonder when we might have switched had we done it over again. Certainly not before book 6 or 7. Possibly shortly after that point. But I was having a good time with my teacher and enjoyed playing. So nobody wanted to rock the boat.


July 1, 2013 at 10:05 PM I completed the Suzuki violin school with a registered suzuki teacher and in an active suzuki program through book 8 and then I learned Mendelshon's violin concerto and did a "graduation" recital for the suzuki method. I would say that yes, i completed the suzuki violin school but honestly I did not learn the Mozart's until college.


I wonder if there aren't a fair number of students who, upon finishing Book 8, are not even close to being ready for Mozart 4 or 5, either because they were not assigned other challenging repertoire (or scales, studies, and the like) along the way, or because they slopped through the later books as fast as possible without polishing the pieces and thereby demonstrating thorough mastery of the underpinning techniques. I know from my own experience as a young student (30+ years ago) that working on pieces until they are highly polished is grueling, tedious work that does not appeal to most teenagers. My teacher back then never made me polish my pieces or even memorize them. But if he had, would I have quit? It's possible. Where would I be then? 2ff7e9595c


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