The Suzuki Piano Method has established itself as one of the world's most unique and successful methods and is an outgrowth of The Suzuki Method of Talent Education, based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that man is the son of his environment. According to Dr. 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 behavior. Students of the Suzuki Method benefit most from study with a trained Suzuki teacher. Parental participation is key to each child's success. Companion recordings should be used with each publication. The new international edition includes Spanish, French, and German translations as well as a newly recorded CD performed by Seizo Azuma. The spacious new engraving with minimal editing generally keeps only one piece per page. Volume 1 includes 18 elementary pieces: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Variations (Shinichi Suzuki); The Honeybee (Bohemian Folk Song); Cuckoo (German Folk Song); Lightly Row (German Folk Song); French Children's Song (French Folk Song); London Bridge (English Folk Song); Mary Had a Little Lamb (Folk Song); Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song); Au Clair de la Lune (J. B. Lully); Long, Long Ago (T. H. Bayly); Little Playmates (F. X. Chwatal); Chant Arabe (Anon.); Allegretto I (C. Czerny); Good-bye to Winter (Folk Song); Allegretto 2 (C. Czerny); Christmas-Day Secrets (T. Dutton); Allegro (Shinichi Suzuki) and Musette (Anon.).

Volume 2 includes 14 early-intermediate pieces: Ecossaise (J. N. Hummel); A Short Story (H. Lichner); The Happy Farmer (R. Schumann); Minuet 1 in D (J. S. Bach); Minuet 2 in G (Anon.); Minuet 3 in G (C. Petzold); Minuet in G Minor (J. S. Bach); Cradle Song (C. M. von Weber); Minuet in F (W. A. Mozart); Arietta (W. A. Mozart); Melody (R. Schumann); Sonatina in G (L. van Beethoven); Musette (J. S. Bach) and Minuet in Bb (C. Petzold).

Volume 3 includes 7 intermediate pieces: Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 1 (Clementi); Sonatina, Op. 55, No. 1 (Kuhlau); Theme (arr. Beethoven); Wild Rider from "Album for the Young," Op. 68, No. 8 (R. Schumann); Ecossaise (Beethoven); Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 3 (Clementi) and Sonatina (Mozart).

Volume 4 includes 9 intermediate pieces: Rondo (W. A. Mozart); Minuet I, III and VII from 8 Minuets with Trio (W. A. Mozart); Musette in D (J. S. Bach); Sonata Op. 49, No. 2 (L. van Beethoven); Gavotte in Bb (J. S. Bach); Minuet I and II from Partita in Bb (J. S. Bach) and Gigue from Partita in Bb (J. S. Bach).

Volume 5 includes 10 intermediate pieces: Fur Elise (Beethoven); Arabesque, Op. 100, No. 2 (Burgmueller); By The Limpid Stream, Op. 100, No. 7 (Burgmueller); Sonatina in F Major (L. van Beethoven); Old French Song from Album for the Young (Tchaikovsky); Prelude from WTC I (J. S. Bach); Invention No. 1 (J. S. Bach); Sonata No. 48 (J. Haydn); Siciliano and First Loss from Album for the Young (R. Schumann).

Volume 6 includes 5 late-intermediate pieces: Le Coucou (Louis-Claude Daquin); Little Prelude (J. S. Bach); Sonata in C Major, K.330 (W. A. Mozart); Sonata in C Major, K.545 (W. A. Mozart) and Sonata "Pastorale," K.9, L. 413 (D. Scarlatti).

Volume 7 includes 4 early-advanced pieces: Sonata in A Major, K.331 (W. A. Mozart); Prelude from Suite No. 14 in G Major, Allegro (G. F. Handel); The Harmonious Blacksmith from Suite No. 5 in E Major (G. F. Handel) and Minuet, Op. 14, No. 1 (I. J. Paderewski).