Space It! Introduction To 2nd Finger Spacing by Mary Cohen

Space It! Introduction To 2nd Finger Spacing by Mary Cohen

Space It is Mary Cohen's tuneful introduction to 2nd finger spacing. Comprising a collection of easy well-known pieces for violin, each tune is presented on a double-page spread in two versions: first in finger pattern one, then, at a different octave, in finger pattern two. Useful hints and fingering charts ease the pupil through each piece and brilliant 'alien' characters are guaranteed to liven up violin lessons. This book is an ideal introduction to Mary Cohen's Scaley Monsters series and offers a fun way to introduce new finger techniques .

Always at the chalk face when it comes to teaching key signatures, finger patterns, and other reading or technical problems, M Cohen has again come to the rescue over the matter of the varying position of the second finger ….main purpose of the book is to help grade 1+ violinists hear and understand how finger patterns need to change if a tune is to sound the same when played up or down an octave.....Fingerboard maps, using stars to indicate the finger-spacing provide additional visual reinforcement of the concept of tones and semitones. In addition, and by way of contrast, Cohen has also provided ideas for improvising and making sound effects which relate to the songs to be played, so for What shall we do with the drunken sailor, moving the bow across the open strings and back, is suggested for a storm, and glissandi for wind in the sails. Dynamics, harmonics, tongue-clicking etc, also feature in the sound-effect files, while helpful alien figures label or point to the correct finger position, and issue seven challenges to players on the last page. Just the ticket for an easy ride through this stage of violin playing.

Music Teacher Magazine

Mary Riggs Cohen is a graduate of Wake Forest University and received her doctoral training at the Catholic University of America. She received postdoctoral family therapy training at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Center and was a clinical supervisor in the psychology training program there through the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Cohen is a licensed psychologist in New York and Pennsylvania. She has 30 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families and has specialized in the treatment of Asperger syndrome for 12 years.

While Clinical Director of the Social Learning Disorders Program of the University of Pennsylvania Psychiatry Department, she developed the Social Skills Seminar for young adults with autism spectrum disorders. The program has been taught year round at the University of Pennsylvania and at various locations in the Philadelphia metropolitan area for more than 8 years and most recently in New York City. Her Pennsylvania clinical practice is at the Center for Neuropsychology and Counseling in Warrington. She is an associate of the Asperger Center for Education and Training in New York and has her New York clinical practice at Spectrum Services in Manhattan. Dr. Cohen is a consultant to several schools and autism programs as well as colleges that provide specialized services for students on the spectrum.

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ISBN 13	9780571518067
ISBN 10	0571518060
Title	Space It! Introduction To 2nd Finger Spacing
Author	Mary Cohen
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Faber Music Ltd
Year published	1998-05-21
Number of pages	24
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.