EARLY START ON THE VIOLIN, VOLUME 1
A VIOLIN METHOD FOR CHILDREN AGE FOUR AND OLDER
WITH A CHINESE TEXT BOOKLET

COMPOSER / AUTHOR: SAßMANNSHAUS, EGON / SASSMANNSHAUS, KURT
INSTRUMENTATION OF THE WORK: VIOLIN
DETAILED INSTRUMENTATION: VIOLIN
VOLUME / SERIES: BÄRENREITER`S SASSMANNSHAUS
TRANSLATOR / FURTHER PARTICIPANTS: SASSMANNSHAUS, KURT / LUSK, MELISSA
FOREWORD / INTRODUCTION: SAßMANNSHAUS, EGON / SASSMANNSHAUS, KURT
ILLUSTRATOR: PANOWSKY, CHARLOTTE
PRODUCT FORMAT: PERFORMANCE SCORE
INSTRUMENTATION: VIOLIN
LANGUAGE(S) OF WORK: ENGLISH, CHINESE
LANGUAGE(S) OF TEXT: ENGLISH
PUBLISHER: BÄRENREITER
BINDING: STAPLED
PRINT RUN:1ST PRINTING 2022

DESCRIPTION:
-THIS EDITION CONSISTS OF THE ENGLISH VOLUME BA 9676 AND AN INSERT WHICH INCLUDES TRANSLATIONS OF ALL TEXT PARTS INTO CHINESE.

-AFTER BEGINNING WITH OPEN STRINGS AND SIMPLE NOTE VALUES, LEARNERS BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE `CUCKOO CALL` (MINOR 3RD) AS A BASIC INTERVAL FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES AND FOR MASTERING GOOD INTONATION. VOLUME 1 MAKES USE OF NURSERY RHYMES, ALL OF WHICH ARE SUPPLIED WITH WORDS TO ENSURE THAT THE MELODY LINES CAN BE EASILY GRASPED AS A WHOLE. ALL THE FINGERS ARE INTRODUCED IN SUCCESSION, AS WELL AS SIMPLE ACCIDENTALS AND NOTE VALUES FROM WHOLE NOTE (SEMIBREVE) TO EIGHTH NOTE (QUAVER). FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THE VOLUME PLACES A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON READING MUSICAL NOTATION AND OFFERS TRAINING IN MOVING FROM ONE STRING TO ANOTHER AND BASIC BOWING STROKES. LARGE PRINT AND DELIGHTFUL COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS MAKE THE VOLUME ESPECIALLY APPEALING TO CHILDREN. ENCLOSED IS A SHEET OF CUT-OUT MUSICAL CARDS THAT ALLOW YOUNG LEARNERS TO INVENT MANY PUZZLE AND GUESSING GAMES AND LATER TO MASTER SCALES AND PITCH NAMES.

-TO ACCOMPANY THIS VOLUME, WE RECOMMEND VOLUME 1 OF THE “VIOLIN RECITAL ALBUM” (BA 9668) EDITED BY KURT AND CHRISTOPH SASSMANNSHAUS AND MELISSA LUSK. IT CONTAINS 20 RECITAL PIECES IN FIRST POSITION WITH PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT AND AN OPTIONAL SECOND VIOLIN PART, ALLOWING YOUNG PLAYERS TO DISPLAY THEIR PROGRESS IN RECITALS. “SPIELBUCH FÜR STREICHER” (`RECITAL PIECES FOR STRING ENSEMBLE`, BA 9698) AND “WEIHNACHTSSPIELBUCH” (`CHRISTMAS PIECES FOR STRING ENSEMBLE`, BA 9699), BOTH EDITED BY EGON SASSMANNSHAUS, GIVE EVEN THE YOUNGEST LEARNERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY THEIR HAND AT STRING ENSEMBLE PLAYING.

-THE ENTIRE FIRST VOLUME OF THE SASSMANNSHAUS VIOLIN METHOD HAS BEEN ENHANCED BY A PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT (BA10751). THE PIANO PART PROVIDES A HARMONIC BACKGROUND FOR EACH PIECE AS WELL AS AN EFFECTIVE MUSICAL SUPPORT FOR THE YOUNG VIOLINIST. THE ACCOMPANIMENT IS EASY TO PLAY AND IDEAL FOR USE BY THE VIOLIN TEACHER OR A PARENT.

THE AUTHORS
-IN 1976 EGON SASSMANNSHAUS, ONE OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED AND RENOWNED VIOLIN TEACHERS IN GERMANY, PUBLISHED HIS TUTOR “FRÜHER ANFANG AUF DER GEIGE”. THIS STANDARD WORK FOR YOUNG STRING PLAYERS QUICKLY BECAME THE MOST POPULAR AND BEST-SELLING TUTOR IN THE GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES FOR BEGINNERS ON THE VIOLIN. HIS SON KURT SASSMANNSHAUS FUNCTIONED AS CO-EDITOR OF THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION, “EARLY START ON THE VIOLIN” (BA 9676, BA 9677, BA 9678, BA 9679), ADAPTING HIS FATHER`S SUCCESSFUL TUTOR TO MEET THE NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING CHILDREN.

-THE COMBINED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF BOTH FATHER AND SON MAKE THESE FOUR VOLUMES THE MOST THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED AND THOUGHT-THROUGH VIOLIN TUTOR FOR BEGINNERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

CONTENTS:
·COMPOSER / AUTHOR: SAßMANNSHAUS, EGON / SASSMANNSHAUS, KURT
PREFACE
·NOTE VALUES AND SYMBOLS
·OPEN STRINGS
·STRING CROSSING
·THE 'CUCKOO`S THIRD' WITH THE SECOND FINGER
·THE FOURTH FINGER
·THE TRIAD
·THE FIRST FINGER
·STRING CROSSING AND FINGERING ON DIFFERENT STRINGS
·THE THIRD FINGER
·ACCIDENTALS
·SCALES ON TWO STRINGS
·MORE EXERCISES, SONGS AND STROKE PATTERNS
·NEW STROKE PATTERNS
·SLURRED NOTES
·THE PORTATO STROKE