The Suzuki Method® of Talent Education is based on Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Shinichi Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings. Students are taught using the "mother-tongue" approach.

Each series of books for a particular instrument in the Suzuki Method is considered a Suzuki music school, such as the Suzuki Violin School. Suzuki lessons are generally given in a private studio setting with additional group lessons. The student listens to the recordings and works with their Suzuki violin teacher to develop their potential as a musician and as a person.

This Suzuki Book & CD is integral for Suzuki violin lessons. This International Edition of the Suzuki Violin School, Volume 1 features:
* Engravings in a 9" x 12" format
* New editing of pieces, including bowings and fingerings
* 16 additional pages
* Additional exercises, some from Shinichi Suzuki, plus additional insight and suggestions for teachers
* Glossary of terms in English, French, German, and Spanish
* Musical notation guide
* Fingerboard position
* CD features new recordings by Hilary Hahn in collaboration with pianist Natalie Zhu, as well as piano accompaniment only tracks for play-along purposes.

Titles:
Principles of Study and Guidance
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Variations (Suzuki)
Lightly Row (Folk Song) * Song of the Wind (Folk Song)
Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song)
O Come, Little Children (Folk Song)
May Song (Folk Song)
Long, Long Ago (Bayly)
Allegro (Suzuki)
Perpetual Motion (Suzuki)
Allegretto (Suzuki)
Andantino (Suzuki)
Etude (Suzuki)
Minuet 1, Minuett III from Suite in G Minor for Klavier, BWV 822 (Bach)
Minuet 2, Minuet, BWV Anh. II 116 from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Bach)
Minuet 3, Minuet BWV Anh. II 114 / Anh. III 183 (Bach)
The Happy Farmer from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 10 (Schumann)
Gavotte (Gossec).