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Paul Rolland's "Materials and Motion Techniques for Individual or Class Instruction"
Margaret Rowell: Co-Author, cello book
Edward Krolick: Co-Author, bass book
These are out of print, unfortunately. Look for them in a library near you!
After today's wonderful presentations about "New Tunes..." I, was thinking about Sheila Johnson's "Young Strings in Action", which does lists some of the actions before introducing the pieces. It seems like "Young Strings" is put together more like a method book, while "New Tunes" is a collection of repertoire, in a sense.
Is "Young Strings..." used as much, or people use mostly "New Tunes"?
Thanks!
Hi, Rafael. Your description is accurate. "New Tunes" includes a logical progression from simple to more complex as students advance, but is not meant as a comprehensive method like Sheila Johnson's "Young Strings in Action." "Young Strings" sprang from Paul Rolland's plan to revise his method series, "Prelude to String…
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I'm wondering if anyone could speak to the introduction of note reading in Paul Rolland pedagogy. I know we have the chapter on rhythm training, (I really enjoyed Calvin's session, by the way) but can anyone speak to when note reading would be introduced, and how? How would a Rolland pedagogue approach this for younger, 4-5 year old students vs older students or class instruction? Are there Rolland resources for note reading (for example one of the standard Suzuki go-to resources would be "I Can Read Music")?
Here is a quote from the Preface from Prelude to String Playing: "The materials presented in the main text may be learned by imitation (rote), by the conventional reading approach, or by a combination of both. The format is so arranged that the student first may learn materials by rote…
I used this book when I first started teaching. The techniques included are excellent. I left my copies in the DePauw University Library thinking I could get more copes later. But, alas, I couldn't.