What do you look for in a tutor book?

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Your approach sounds good. I am working on one myself. I have no idea if there will be a market or not. It helps if you are famous, I’m sure. I don’t know if one person can come up with a “tutor” that would satisfy everyone. I do feel the ones I use are incomplete, but as a group they cover a lot of ground, the books by Lawrence and Salzedo. But I supplement it also. Probably the closest to what you describe would be the Universal Method by Bochsa/Oberthuer.

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For my final year dissertation I am planning and designing a new

tutor book. I know that there are many good tutor books out there,

and probably lots that I haven’t ever seen. But for my own private

practice I want something much more vibrant and colourful than what

I have used in the past, with technical exercises which relate

directly to each piece. I am going to produce separate worksheets to

teach theory, as I expect that at least some students will already

have had music experience, so I can choose what information to give

them if necessary. I want to choose a very broad range of pieces -a

mixture of traditional meoldies from differnet countires, familiar

classical tunes from different periods and tunes from other cultures

and countries too.

These are my ideas, but what do you think? Do you have a favourite

tutor book, and what do you like or dislike about the ones you use?

Do you think there a market for a new tutor book like the one I

descibe above, and if you were to look for a new tutor book, what

would you want to see in it? How would it be different to what has

gone before?

Many thanks,

Hannah Cannell

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