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Expressive Etudes, Book 4.(Book Review)

American Music Teacher

| June 01, 2003 | Sifford, Jason | COPYRIGHT 2003 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

by Suzanne Guy. The FJH Music Company, Inc. (2525 Davie Rd., Ste. 360, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33317-7424), 2002. 32pp., $6.50. Intermediate.

Teachers already familiar with Suzanne Guy's Expressive Etudes series will be happy to know the fourth volume, for the intermediate student, has now been published. For those not familiar with this series, it is a new set of etude anthologies designed to help students build their technique as they pass from the elementary to early advanced levels.

The pieces themselves have been thoughtfully chosen on the basis of both physical and musical challenges. They represent a wide variety of nineteenth-century musical styles and techniques and are arranged in approximate level of difficulty. Some pieces will be familiar to most teachers, but almost everyone is sure to find a few new gems to add to their teaching repertoire.

Students from all walks of life might find this book useful. Teachers could assign the entire book as part of a student's standard curriculum, or pieces could be selected to help "flu in the gaps" of a high-school transfer student or an adult returning to lessons after a few years' hiatus. FJH has done a wonderful job making the text clear and readable by an average late-elementary or middle school student while keeping the ...

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