NEW DIMENSIONS IN CLASSICAL GUITAR FOR CHILDREN, by Sonia Michelson. CD

NEW DIMENSIONS IN CLASSICAL GUITAR FOR CHILDREN, by Sonia Michelson. CD

Product Description:
This method is time tested, innovative, and has proven successful in imparting essential concepts of musicianship and classic guitar performance to children. It's realistic approach to early childhood education utilizes important concepts inspired by the writings of both Suzuki and Kodaly. This method stimulates musical imagination and ability through guitar techniques, eurhythmics, and listening and theory games. Students also learn by participating in movement, singing, and guitar performance. 104 PAGES.

Product Number: 94537BCD
Format: Book/CD Set
ISBN: 0786658061
UPC: 796279072410
ISBN13: 9780786658060
Series: Non-Series
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published: 1/18/2001

Contents:

Introduction
Principles for Successful Study
Overview
Format
Ideas for Teaching Children Effectively
Recommended Reading

First Lessons
Sample Lesson Plans

Imaginative Games, Exercises & Teaching Ideas
Curwen Hand Signals
Rhythm Syllables
Preliminary Exercises
Imaginative Games

Level I
I-1. Cuckoo
I-2. One, Two, Tie My Shoe
I-3. See-Saw
I-4. Star Light, Star Bright
I-5. Snail, Snail
I-6. Mill Wheel
I-7. Rain, Rain
I-8. Ring Around the Rosy
I-9. Strawberry Shortcake

Level II
II-1. Hot Cross Buns
II-2. Bye Bye Baby
II-3. All Around the Buttercup
II-4. Who's That?
II-5. Merrily We Roll Along
II-6. Let Us Chase the Squirrel
II-7. I See the Moon
II-8. Bought Me a Cat
II-9. Rocky Mountain
II-10. Here Comes the Bluebird
II-11. Fais Do Do
II-12. Mama, Buy Me a Chiney Doll
II-13. Twinkle Rhythms

Level III
III-1. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
III-2. Aunt Rhody
III-3. Frere Jacques
III-4. Lightly Row
III-5. Hush Little Baby
III-6. Little River Flowing
III-7. Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
III-8. Learning Chords
III-9 Looby Loo
III-10. Song of the Wind
Ill-1l. Lavender Blue
III-12. Cuckoo, Sing in the Spring
III-13. Oh, How Lovely Is the Evening

Level IV
IV-1. May Song
IV-2. Jim Along Josie
IV-3. Come Little Children
IV-4. Simple Gifts
IV-5. Moon Magic
IV-6. Love Somebody
IV-7. Sometimes I Hear a Song
IV-8. English Song

Level V
V-1. I'll Be a King
V-2. Turn Again, Whittington
V-3. Cotton Eye Joe
V-4.Baker's Shop
V-5. Five Hundred Miles
V-6. Round Up Four
V-7. Alabama Girl
V-8. Who Built the Ark
V-9. Green Holm Jig
V-10. Freight Train
V-11. Minuet
V-12. Minuet in G