Duets for Violins

Just FYI this is only the second violin book. Even though the title says "Duets for violins" I was under the impression it would have a score. No clue where to purchase the other pieces.

The print version of the book is fine. However, the Kindle version is poorly done.The Kindle version consists of scanned pages from the paper book. Many titles don't render on the same page as the music score at some zoom view settings. Zoom changes result in inconsistent scaling and positioning of various scanned objects, e.g. song titles, composer names, and the music scores themselves. Some of the musical notations have been cropped and therefore lost. The Kindle conversion just seemed too amateurish, especially with the Japanese characters of the composer names being shown at the bottom of the music score instead of below the English name. Some of the composer names are shown on the left side instead of the right side of the page.The only noteworthy features in the Kindle version are the hyperlinked Table of Contents and the search feature. I may have been better off buying the book, and scanning it into a PDF document to load onto my Kindle.

I ordered this duet book after I realized it was a supplement to the Suzuki books, one, two and three that I already have. Well, I couldn't be more pleased with how beautiful the duets sound. The second parts are beautifully composed and have a melody, not just a few single notes to harmonize with the first part. If you use the Suzuki book one, you will have about 13 or 14 pieces to go with this duet book. This supplement makes even the easiest piece sound rich and complex - for a beginner especially. It makes you want to practice and that's saying quite a bit. I played many of the pieces with my teacher and he was very impressed at how beautiful we sounded together. You will not be disappointed with this great duet book.

My daughter is in Suzuki book 2 so we played through the first 14 songs in this book. We enjoyed the arrangements. The only things that kept me from giving this a 5 star rating was that I would have appreciated that both parts be on the same score for easier reading, and not just the accompaniment as in this book, and that the binding was a spiral binding instead of a staple. I bought my daughter's violin 1 book with a spiral binding and it is much easier to work with as it lies flat or can be folded around.I normally accompany her with the piano arrangements, and these were somewhat different, but that was the good part. It keeps things interesting through the hours of playing Suzuki involves, and a violin is much easier to take with us... compared to a piano :-)

I'm an adult, beginning-violin student; and my teacher played a duet with me from this book during my 6th lesson. I loved it! She offered to let me borrow the book for a week. Instead I bought one through Amazon. Since then, even though the duets are beyond the normal teachings of book 1, my teacher has allowed me to play them after learning the melodies of book 1. Again, I love it. This way I get to learn new notes ahead of time and new bow-techniques. Great book -- so glad my teacher lets me use it!

I purchased this along with other Suzuki music. Haven't reached to this level yet, but I think it will be fun when I become more professional. I started violin at 79, and at 84 love playing it, and am in Suzuki book no: 4. Which is really advanced! Slow going, and the bowing is difficult at this stage of training.

As a violin teacher, it's nice to be able to play with my students and to give the lesson a different dynamic. This violin accompaniment book is a nice alternative to piano accompaniments (for those who do not play piano) and are easy enough for another student of the same level to play so that they could perform together as a duet at a student concert. It is also great that this book accompanies the first 3 Suzuki books, so it's like a 3 in 1 (I believe the piano arrangements are one accompaniment book for each student book, so you'd have to buy three books instead).The only thing is the book does not include the melody, so you'll have to have both this book and the corresponding Suzuki student books.

I have been using these books for years. It is simple and easy to order a new book once the previous book is finished.

Perfect for those wishing to experiment a little and play in a group, easy to follow, my son (age 9) loves it.

everyone who has been taught the suzuki method will have a copy of this somwhere....really helps kids progress and will progress them as a musicain

Partitura carina per compensare la pt 1 vl 1 che si può scaricare in pdf.

As expected - great book of the harmonies for the various Suzuki books.thanks

Thank you