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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 ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Easy Songs for Shifting in the First Five Positions: a Violin...