Review: Saturday Solos
One of my favorite blogs to follow is Susan Paradis.com. Susan is known for her fun games and printable resources for students, but did you know that she also has music books available to purchase?
One of the music books she has written is called Saturday Solos. Susan composed 14 original solos to celebrate childhood. When she was a child, she remembers long sunny Saturday, hunting doodle bugs, playing in the creek, picking berries and riding bikes. Though times have changed some, one thing that doesn’t change is the fun of daydreaming and exploring.
Inside you will find pieces such as: “Stuck Inside, Laughing Song, I Like Bugs and Cycling Down the Street. These simple yet refreshing pieces are sure to delight each child who learns them. In addition, Susan has included 6 traditional pieces such as Camptown Races, Found a Peanut, Deedle Deedle Dumpling and She’ll be Coming Around the Mountain. She wanted to include some traditional pieces in this book so students had some pieces they would recognize.
The pieces in Saturday Solos are written in C, middle C and G position. You won’t find expression marks in the music because Susan wanted to create music that would allow students to concentrate on the step and skip pattern. This also allows the student to add expression marks later. There is also minimum finger numbers encouraging teachers to add in when necessary.
Saturday Solos would make a perfect supplementary book for the beginning student. The solos are delightful, playful and simply refreshing. Because the pieces are pattern based with lots of stepping and skipping, it is a wonderful book for those students that need practice moving in different positions. In addition all the pieces lend itself well for students to learn and practice transposing. You can purchase Saturday Solos as well as other music she has written in her store here.
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122 Responses
I really enjoy Susan’s work. I have two students in particular who would love these songs and would benefit immensely from learning them. Thanks.
Susan’s work has been such a blessing as I recently started a piano studio. Thank you for all your support and information.
What a great giveaway! I LOVE Susan’s resources and use them all! My students love them too! Would love a copy of this great book! Thanks.
I would LOVE to win this book! Susan’s resources are awesome!
What a wonderful giveaway! I would love to win this book. Susan is so creative. I use a lot of her materials.
Sue C
I love your materials! Thanks, Susan! And thanks for the review, Jennifer!
I love Susan’s printables! Glad I’ve been led to your blog now, too. Looks like you share lots of great info in addition to this wonderful give-away, so I’ll be following you via Feedly. Thanks!
WE LOVE SUSAN PARADIS!
The comments seem to be universal: ‘I love Susan’s printables and I use them all the time!’ I totally agree. What I wonder is how many of these commenters are donating to Susan’s site? If each of us who loves her materials donated $5 or 10 even once a year, it would give her a little financial lift as well as all the personal cheer I hope she gets from all of our appreciation!
Great reminder Kathy. 😉
My student’s LOVE when I pull out one of Susan’s printables. What fun! I am so glad that Susan brought me to this blog.
Thank you for all the great worksheets and prereading material!
Greetings from germany!!!
I definitely agree that Susan’s resources are fantastic. My pupils enjoy playing the Sunny Solos and her games and worksheets are well used in my studio. Other teachers I have told about her site are also very impressed. Sites like yours and Susan’s and the valuable information you share are amazing. Thank you very much for your generosity and constant inspiration.
I have been following Susan for a very long time. Love all her materials. My students have been playing a lot of her music. They always love the songs. I would love a copy of this book. Thanks for your. Log as well. Such a great resource.
I use Susan’s resources all the time and would love to win the copy of this solo book!
Sounds like a fun book. Love Susan’s site. Would love to win a copy of this book. Thank you for reviewing and the chance.
I also love Susan’s website and her music. I appreciate her gentle spirit when responding to the Faber forum questions. Her Church and Christmas music transcriptions are so helpful with my beginning and intermediate students! Thanks for putting me in the draw for this book!
How exciting…..new music and a blog candy….yum, yum.
I use many of Susan’s games, music, and ideas in my studio. Adding the newest of her solos would be great for my students.
Love Susan Paradis!
I have quite a few students that would benefit from this giveaway. I would love to win!