The Complete Musician - Book One

The Complete Musician - Book Onefor Violin, Viola or Cello By Cynthia Richards and Jerry Jaccard A unique, new teaching method implementing the philosopy of Zoltan Kodaly in an American approach to beginning string study. Folk tunes are used to train the musician in the child and then to transfer that training to the instrument. " the psychological procedure of our whole music making is faulty it must be inverted So far it is the fingers that have run ahead, with the head and the

Continued implementation of the philosophy of Zoltán Kodály in an approach to beginning violin study based on American folk songs

New York: Boosey & Hawkes

or whatever instrument

for Violin

(1964) The selected writings of Zoltan Kodaly

It is because they do not go about it in this way that so many of our pianists play mechanically

Some modifications are included in the cello book to accommodate technical aspects of that instrument

the psychological procedure of our whole music-making is faulty -- it must be inverted

Continues from Book Two

with the head and the heart running after them

By Cynthia Richards and Jerry Jaccard

By Cynthia Richards