News and Reports
Reports from Christophe Bossuat, ESA representative to the
International Violin Committee and Martin Rüttimann,
Secretary of the ESA Violin Committee.
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Report date:
17 March 2009
The reprints
of the Revised Volumes 1, 2, and 3 were completed and published
in December 2008 by Alfred. They report that all stock in their
warehouses are now of the most recent reprint.
The
publication follows a great deal of work by all the ISA regional
association violin committees, which made the necessary
corrections to address issues in the first printings. There was
also much help and input from individual teacher trainers in all
regions. The publishers, Alfred, had taken care to limit the
numbers of the first printing to allow for what the needed.
The
reprints can be distinguished from the earlier versions by
their ISBN numbers
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Volume 1: 0-7579-0061-5
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Volume 2: 0-7390-4812-0
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Volume 3: 0-7390-4815-3
There are
other differences as well:
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Volume 1
now has a picture of Dr. Suzuki following the Foreword. The
first printing has no picture.
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Volume 2
now has 36 pages. The first printing had 38 pages and a
blank page 25. There are no blank pages in the reprint.
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Volume 3
now has revised text on vibrato instead of bullet points (a,
b, c), and additional text
in italics
about ornamentation on page 12 as differentiated from the
first printing.
The
revised Piano Accompaniment for Books 1, 2, and 3 are
also now available
Violin Book 4 has been published
Report Date: 17 March 2009
The revised
edition of Volume 4 of the Suzuki Violin School should now be
available from music shops in Europe. This was also published in
December 2008.
This revised
edition includes the Bohm “Perpetual Motion”, which Dr. Suzuki
had wanted to include in his original volume but for which the
copyright permission could not be secured at the time. It has a
dual score of both parts for the Bach Double. This volume also
includes suggested preparatory exercises for the Seitz Concerti
and the Bach Double.
Errata
Please note two bowing misprints in the Practice Suggestions for
the Bach Double Concerto on page 24:
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Violin 2
(p. 27, mm. 40-41): The slur on the third beat in the first
measure of the example should begin on the note D, not on
the note E.
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Violin
2 (p. 29, mm. 75-76): There should be no slur on the first
beat of the first measure.
The bowings
in the corresponding main text of the Bach Double are correct.
The Volume
4 accompaniment book is due for printing by the end of March
2009.
Violin Book 5
Work was
completed on the revised Volume 5 by the ISA Violin Committee in
October 2008. The book is now in the process of being proof read
before going to print sometime after the summer.
There are no
changes to the repertoire in Volume 5, but there are some
changes in fingerings and bowings to reflect more current
performance practice and pedagogy. (See further details in the
Reykjavik Report below)
William
Preucil will be recording the revised edition of Book 5 in May
2009.
First published on new Violin Web page on 17
March 2009
Report from the meeting of the
International Violin Committee held in Reykjavik, Iceland 4-6
October 2008
by Christophe Bossuat, Chair of the ISA violin
Committee and Representative of the European Suzuki Association
–November 2008
All five regions were represented
(ASA by proxy only)
Asia Suzuki Association (ASA) – Asia, except Japan and
Middle East
European Suzuki Association (ESA) – Europe, Africa and
Middle East
Pan-Pacific Suzuki Association (PPSA) – Australia, New
Zealand and Oceania
Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA) North, Central
and South America
Talent Education Research Institute (TERI) - Japan
Present at the meeting were also
Gilda Barston as ISA Board Liaison
and Paul Landefeld, ISA CEO.
The committee worked through the whole of book 5
in detail and also discussed books 6 up.
The committee members represent the consensus of
their own region, where a lot of preparatory work is done before
each meeting. The committee works to reach a consensus of all
five regions, but sometimes have to make decisions by majority
votes.
New Edition of Book 5
Before we started detailed work, it was decided by
the majority (not unanimously) that the
repertoire in this book should not be changed, neither
adding nor removing pieces. Each representative
had worked carefully to get consensus from his own region.
Basic technical exercises
to be worked on throughout the book will be presented at the
beginning:
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Tonalization with tone color differences
using different bow placement.
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Position Etude from 2d to 5th position.
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Perpetual motion in 5th position and Changing
string exercises 2nd part, the 1st being
presented in book 4.
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Three octave scales in G major and G melodic
minor.
Two Gavottes by Bach
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A few notes of ornamentations are modified
based on research of the
original work.
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A number of double stops for both gavottes
(drawn also from original work) will be added in parentheses
so that the teachers will be able to choose for their
students according to their ability.
Vivaldi A minor 2nd mvt
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The Nachéz version has been kept.
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Several different
fingering propositions in a couple of places.
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Specifically written ornamentations
in the last three lines.
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Two bowings changes in the last line.
Vivaldi G minor
1st mvt
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Bowing changes at the end of the first page,
in the second and in
the third making it clearer for some sixteen
note parts.
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A few finger
suggestions on the second and third page,
making the piece less romantic but
still singing.
2nd mvt:
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Up bow start decided, with some bowing
changes in the 3rd and
4th line of the solo which will hopefully make the student
remember the
slurs
better.
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Also in line 5 and 6 different fingering
propositions, and the same in the last line
where we keep the four last bars in 1st
position.
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Often in the pieces there are suggestions
of two different fingerings above and below.
3rd mvt:
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Suggestions for different fingerings on all
three pages
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One bowing
change on the third page.
Country Dance
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Mainly fingering suggestions using the second
position more in the
fast articulated parts in the middle.
German Dance
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Fingering suggestions but no bowing changes.
Veracini Gigue
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Many bowing decisions drawn from research
into the first edition of
this work. These bowings relate more to the
style of the gigue, thinking also of this piece
as a preparation of the Bach a minor 3rd mvt.
A lot of this work was contributed by the
American and Japanese committees
Bach Double
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The new edition will present both parts
printed in both book 4 and book 5,
with an emphasized printing of the 2nd violin
part in Book 4 and of the 1st violin part in Book 5.
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A few fingering suggestions here with just
one bowing change at the end of the first
theme, as also in book 4.
New editions of Book 6 and up
Some major decisions have been taken.
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Most of the regions wanted to keep the
repertoire as it is, preserving Dr Suzuki’s legacy.
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The exception was the SAA who had prepared
substantial changes and also
relevant proposals for change of the
repertoire for these books (as well and also book 5, most
of the regions want to keep the repertoire as it stands.
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After intense discussion, especially with the
Japanese and Australian
representatives, and after a vote it was decided
not to add any cello pieces to the Suzuki
violin repertoire.
So the main emphasis for book 6 and 7 will be to
work on a more baroque version of the
Handel sonatas and Bach a minor,
considering also that we will keep a classic bow in the Suzuki
pedagogy.
The Japanese committee is already working on this. I would like
the European committee to work on this also so that we take with
us to the next meeting the most suitable version with possibly
very minor changes.
Other pieces in book 6 and 7 are not much of an issue.
Corrections to Books 1-3
While there is strong commitment to continue working with the
new editions for books 6, 7 and beyond, the International Violin
Committee and the publishers are united in their wish to ensure
that the necessary corrections are made to the early books. So
we will hurry slowly and continue to improve the other books
as much as we can. Corrections
to book 1and 2 are continuing , with the cooperation of many
people around the world.
Thank you for reading this message and thanks
to all those teachers and teacher trainers in our region who
have contributed and continue to contribute to this work.
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