A fantastic first song book. It contains sixteen short pieces, each on one page, and each with Evelyn Avsharian’s classic oversized notation that will minimize frustration and encourage success. The book progresses from first finger only to three fingers on each of the A, D, and E strings. All sharps are written in, rather than in a key signature, and there are no rests, which keeps the notation straightforward and simple. The selections are entirely notated in quarter and half notes with no slurs. Some tunes are slight variations on recognizable nursery songs, while others are charming original compositions. 16 pages.
K**N
I mean things like pick up notes and lengths of notes to fill ...
I have used this book with many students, and though I have tried many other books, I still come back to this one. It is very simple so not intimidating to a young child. It teaches new notes on each simple page so keeps the interest of young ones, yet goes back to the same notes over and over for review. It does have a few pieces that leave out theory concepts that I believe a young child can grasp so I just change what is in the book to fix that. By that, I mean things like pick up notes and lengths of notes to fill a final measure.
C**K
Great book
The stems on some of the notes go in the wrong direction, but I just fix those. I live using this book for beginners to give them confidence in reading notes.
S**N
Works beautifully!
This book is great when teaching young kids (age 3+) how to read music. I use "I can read music" first and this book for actual songs for a quiz at home.
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