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Easy Songs for Shifting in the First Five Positions: a Violin Technique Book for Group Classes and Private Instruction.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

American Music Teacher

| June 01, 2004 | Tarr, Carol | COPYRIGHT 2004 Music Teachers National Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Easy Songs for Shifting in the First Five Positions: A Violin Technique Book for Group Classes and Private Instruction, by Kathryn Bird Kinnard. Summy-Birchard, Inc./Warner Bros. Publications (15800 N. W. 48th Ave., Miami, FL 33014), 2003. 44 pp. $6.95. Easy.

This volume is very useful to give students fun pieces to play, while developing further the technique and skills of shifting. The pieces have fun titles, which most elementary-age students would find appealing: "Playful Kittens," "Going Up in a Swing," "Popsicles" and "Ladybugs." I think this book is very useful for providing additional fun work for learning to shift. I don't think it was intended to be a complete book of shifting. I would not describe Easy Songs for Shifting as a "how-to" book, but as an "in-addition to" book.

The book contains twenty-five fun tunes written by Kathryn Bird Kinnard. All have a duet part, as well as a piano accompaniment part. The book includes some preparations for various ...

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