Instruments
- Violin rentals are available from:
- Johnson's String Instruments
- 11 John St.
- Newton Center, MA 02159
- Tel. (617)964-0954 and (800)359-9351
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- See www.johnsonstring.com for a complete line of
Suzuki materials
- Flute rentals are available from:
- Newton Center Music Shop, Inc.
- 839 Beacon St.
- Newton Center, MA 02159
- Tel. (617)332-3578
For young students, a shorter flute with bent head joint is
available. Your child can be measured for the right size at
the first visit to a class.
Materials
- Required materials for our programs include music books and
recordings as follows:
For violin program
- Suzuki Violin School Vol. 1 (music book)
- Suzuki Violin School Vol. 1 (CD)
Important — Be sure to get the revised edition of Suzuki Volume 1 and the revised CD. Playing correctly with this CD
is a graduation requirement.
- For flute program
- Suzuki Flute School Vol. 1 (music book)
Suzuki Flute School
Vol. 1-2 (CD or cassette tape)
Music Reading Materials
Suzuki Institute of Boston scales & exercises CD
(book with printed notation of the material on the CD to be
available soon)
The Suzuki Institute of Boston offers a practice CD for the
basic scales and exercises that we use. It includes accompaniments
recorded by Donald Becker and David Tasgal. The exercises are
fun and work well as a motivational tool. They also improve
playing in tune and rhythmic skills after only one week of
use. Students love practicing their scales with this CD. Students
who can play correctly with this CD will be able to meet the
basic technical requirements for learning the Suzuki pieces
in books one and two.
The CD is available only from the Suzuki Institute of Boston or Johnson
String Instruments. You may also purchase and download one or more tracks
from the CD from this website right to your computer. Click here to learn how
to download tracks now.
The ABC's of Violin for the Absolute Beginner
(music book
series)
The ABC’s of Violin is an attractive collection by Janice
Tucker Rhoda that we use for our beginning music reading classes.
It starts with basic decoding skills and moves to excerpts
from famous pieces as well as original works. Unless your teacher
tells you otherwise, get book one of the series. For more information,
see ABC's of Violin.
The Family String Method (music book series - Volume
1-3)
The Family String Method by David Tasgal is used
for basic music reading and contains 35 original pieces in
various styles
ranging from the baroque to jazz and blues. The included CD
is outstanding as a motivational tool and is lots of fun. Unless
your teacher tells you otherwise, get book one of the series.
For more
information, see The
Family String Method.
Reference Books
- Nurtured by Love (Shinichi Suzuki)
- Dr. Suzuki's own story of his life, work and his philosophy
of education for the young children.
To Learn With Love (William Starr)- A parent’s guide with helpful tips for motivation
and home practice by one of the founders of the Suzuki Method
in the United States.
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