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In contrast to other

beginner violin methods,

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progresses swiftly by

introducing advanced violin

techniques in rudimentary

form, such as shifting and

varied bow strokes.

Note reading is emphazised from the first lesson – children are brought up to become proficient sight-readers and play in chamber music ensembles as early as possible.Ensemble playing is encouraged from the very

beginning.

Note reading is emphazised from the first lesson – children

Songs and scales in different

positions are easily explained

and mastered within the first

year. This is an important

advantage over methods that

confine children to the first

position for many years.

The child-friendly and age-appropriate text

underlying the music enables children to perceive melodies as a whole and to understand their singable qualities.

The large print notes and text

as well as many colorful

illustrations are particularly

child-friendly and very

attractive to pre-school children

and school children alike. All violin techniques used are demonstrated and explained on the web site www.violinmasterclass.com.

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What makes this violin method so special?

The large print notes and text

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Note reading is emphazised from the first lesson – children

Ensemble playing is encouraged from the very

The child-friendly and age-appropriate text

underlying the music enables

All violin techniques used are demonstrated and

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72 pages for volumes 3 and 4)

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They keep children curious and

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Songs and scales in different

positions are easily explained

and mastered within the first

Children playfully learn reliable violin technique at the earliest age.

For more than three decades the Sassmannshaus Tradition has been the household name for excellence in beginner violin methods in German-speaking countries. More than half a million students have successfully learned to play the violin using this publication.

The most successful Tried and Tested German Violin Method now available in English.

The best selling violin method that gave generations of European musicians their foundation is now available in English, with content and songs newly adapted for today’s English speaking children.

The author Egon Sassmannshaus studied with the eminent German-American violinist Walter Schulze-Priska, who had been a student of Otokar Sevcik, the first truly systematic violin pedagogue. Egon Sassmannshaus’ keen interest in child psychology as applied to the teaching of young children, coupled with an impeccable background in technical violin expertise and pedagogy led him to publishing his violin method “Früher Anfang auf der Geige” (The Sassmannshaus Tradition) in 1976. This method quickly became the most popular and best selling beginner method for violin teaching in German speaking countries. Egon Sassmannshaus’ own students have excelled to become leading teachers and musicians all over Europe.

His son, the violinist Kurt Sassmannshaus, is currently chairman of the string department at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. A prize winning student of Igor Ozim and Dorothy DeLay, he had been a teaching associate to Dorothy DeLay for a quarter century. He published the pioneering website www.violinmasterclass.com in 2004. The UK’s Strad Magazine calls him the “King of on-line violin tutorials”. One of the most important violin teachers of his generation, Kurt Sassmannshaus’ students have won major international competitions and occupy important positions in the music world across the globe. In 2005 he founded his own summer school for outstanding young string players, the Great Wall International Music Academy in Beijing, China. (www.greatwallacademy.org)

The original German violin method was first published in 1976. The author Egon Sassmannshaus is

one of the most experienced and renowned violin pedagogues in Germany. For the new English edition his son Kurt Sassmannshaus

worked as co-author and adapted his father’s successful method for English-speaking children.

The combined knowledge and experience of father and sonmake the four volumes of the Sassmannshaus Tradition the most

thoroughly researched and thought-through beginner violin method in the world.

Sassmannshaus Violin Book 4Musical Sample, page 20The fourth volume introduces various positions as well as new bowing techniques. These are practiced in increasingly demanding classical duets. From here students can embark on the journey of standard repertoire – Concerti such as Vivaldi, Accolay etc. are now within reach.

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Sassmannshaus TraditionOff to a good start with the “This method teaches all

important violin skills very

early. The kids progress much

faster in the repertoire than

with any other method.”

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“This method teaches all

important violin skills very

early. The kids progress much “The simplicity of the scale

patterns that allows children to

play in high positions almost

from the beginning is just

brilliant!” Gil Shaham

“The simplicity of the scale

patterns that allows children to

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The third volume emphasises duet playing in a great variety of keys and

rhythms and musical styles. Different finger patterns and strokes are

thoroughly practiced.

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Sassmannshaus Violin Book 2Musical Sample, page 60The second volume already presents classical violin duets. The child’s knowledge and technique is expanded by dotted rhythms, sixteenths notes, and first double stops. And here is the most revolutionary aspect of the method: different finger patterns can be connected and combined to create any major and minor scale without the use of open strings. This creates the ability to practice scales in any position, often within the first year of playing! With this skill, songs learned in first position are easily transposed to other keys and higher position. Coupled with beginning shifting exercises this sets a foundation for an early virtuoso technique not available in any other method.

“The early emphasis on ensemble playing and the many duos in this

method are so much fun for the kids.They pick up important chamber

music skills right from the beginning!” Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney,

American String Quartet

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“The early emphasis on ensemble playing and the many duos in this

method are so much fun for the kids.

Sassmannshaus Violin Book 1Musical Sample, page 11Note reading is introduced from the beginning, and accidentals are explained in the easiest way in the first volume. By the end of the first book, many English children’s songs using all fingers have been played and note values from whole to eighth notes have been introduced. Even the easiest exercises are underlaid with text so that melodies can be perceived as a whole.