Suzuki Violin School, Vol 3: Violin Part Paperback – November 1, 1994

I play the violin. Yet, while I do know how to read notes and play them, I am inclined to playing by ear. However, I don't play the classics everyone knows and loves, but the popular songs that you hear on the radio's top music station and get stuck in your head. Why? Because they get stuck in my head. But that's beside the point.I am in an ensemble, so I decided to get a nice, easy book to take a break with and to supplement my daily practice sessions. This is the revised edition, and I prefer this one the the previous version. The pieces are somewhat edited, and new bowings and exercises are added. The compositions included are clearly and largely written, which is pleasing the the eye. The pieces are great classics that you will probably be able to recognize. There are some great lessons and exercises thrown in there which will aid your playing, as well. There is also a glossory of musical terms in English, French, German, and Spanish, which has proved to be helpful on various occasions.Overall, I reccommend this practice violin book to any violinst who is going through the journey of learning on his or her own, student who wants to go beyond what school orchestra has to offer, or, like me, one who wants to supplement their daily playing. It suits my needs very nicely and I hope it does the same to you.

Good

Suzuki is a good course to follow. It gets a lot harder on book 3 as opposed to book 2, at least for me

I have all of the Violin/Viola Suzuki books now (some are old, i.e. Suzuki Violin Vol. 9 (copyright 1955 maybe?). Books 9 & 10 for Violin are simply Mozart Concertos No. 5 and 4 respectively, with technique guidelines for the more difficult parts of the Concertos and lots of focus on the cadenzas (Joachim). I was not exactly trained as a pre-teen the "true" Suzuki Method, which tends to focus more on learning by rote while learning to read music. I love the books as a guideline, but in my opinion, children should be taught to read music just like any other language.

The Suzuki repertoire is varied, interesting, pleasant to listen to, and fun to play. There are videos on Youtube to help me learn the pieces. Even though I'm coming to violin as an adult learner, it's great that this method isn't just for little kids. I'm really enjoying this book.One thing i like is that there are specific challenges in each song. They have been carefully chosen to foster musical growth without overwhelming an young violinist. I'm learning great techniques without anguish. I appreciate that, believe me!

This is a good book, but only has 7 songs, not worth it if you are teaching yourself

Bought both #1 and#2. Gave them to her for her lessons.

This book is well put together, and the notes are easy for my son to read. The book arrived quickly. I don't remember whether I ordered it new or used, but it looks like new.