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Do you struggle to recognize notes in your violin music? Is it hard to remember where each note is? Or are you just starting your violin journey and know you…
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Compiling and organizing some of the most effective etudes written for cello, this series of foundation studies gives you a comprehensive step-by-step method for perfecting your cello playing!
The Cello…
One way to maximize your cello practice is by adding a short bowing study on open strings!
Open-string studies on the cello can help you focus on your bow and…
One way to maximize your violin practice is by adding a short bowing study on open strings.
Open-string studies on the violin can help you focus on your bow and…
One way to maximize your viola practice is by adding a short bowing study on open strings.
Open-string studies on the viola can help you focus on your bow and…
Thumb Position Studies for the Cello, Book Six provides the advanced cellist with a sixth set of essential daily studies in thumb position. Each short exercise moves through six keys…
The Swan Study Book for Cello helps you learn and perfect every measure of the famous piece.
The Swan is broken down into short sections and taught through carefully graded…
This is a method book that teaches second position on the cello. The book pairs short exercises with pieces, teaching specific concepts on every page. Beginning with closed second position…
This book supplements Fourth Position for the Cello (CHP131) with very basic songs that shift to and from the fourth position. These pieces are a great way to put a…
This early-advanced cello technique book presents studies and variations on broken thirds up a single string. With exercises on each of the four strings, the cellist can improve on their…
This book continues the study of double-stop thirds in thumb position on the cello with forty-six intensive studies. Using patterns in fingered thirds, larger shifts and more complicated scale exercises…
This book follows Thirds in Thumb Position, Preparatory Studies and presents 46 studies on double-stop thirds for the cello. Beginning with basic shifting and fingered thirds, the book progresses to…
This book is an introduction to double-stop thirds in thumb position on the cello. Focusing first on intonation and then on shifting, the book covers thumb-to-thumb shifting and fingered thirds…
This is an exciting introduction to basic double stop playing on the violin. Using only first position and focusing on double stop sixths, the book is laid out in ten…
One way to maximize your cello practice is by adding a short bowing study on open strings.
Three-Octave Scales for Cello Book One teaches the major and minor scales on the cello along with shifting exercises and studies to increase speed. The book is helpful in preparing…
Learn cello third position with the exercises and position pieces in this method book.
Introducing Third Position for the Viola!
This book teaches the third position on the viola through exercises and relevant short pieces, each designed to teach a specific concept. Third Position…
Octaves for the Viola, Book One begins the process of teaching octave double stops using exercises and short pieces. Starting with first position, then moving into third position after a…
This book presents easy studies and corresponding short pieces that introduce the student to basic second position on the cello. With an emphasis on shifting, the book teaches closed second…
Do you want to make better sound on the cello?
With over 90 daily workouts that train your right hand in essential cello skills, this book gives you exercises to…
Double Stop Musings Book One presents a varied collection of exercises for the very advanced cellist. In the keys of C, D, and B-flat, the book develops a disciplined left…
Double Stop Musings Book Two presents a varied collection of exercises for the very advanced cellist. In the keys of E-flat, F, F-sharp, and G, this book develops a disciplined…
Double Stop Musings for the Cello, Book Four presents a varied collection of exercises for the very advanced cellist. The book develops a disciplined left hand and a sense of…
Double Stop Beginnings for the Violin, Book Two continues where book one finished, teaching more double stops in the key of D major. With a focus on thirds, the book…
These violin exercises will help your finger move faster!
Improve your violin position playing!
This book supplements Third Position for the Violin, Book One (a shifting method that introduces the positions) with exercises and short pieces that focus on…
You Can Have Faster Fingers
Finger Exercises for the Cello, Book One gives you notes to play that will make your fingers more agile.
The double stop exercises included help…
A stress-free, big-note-filled violin method.
This book presents exercises and studies to help cellists learn and perfect Bernhard Romberg’s Sonata in C Major for cello & piano The entire Sonata is broken down into short…
This book teaches the fourth position on the viola through exercises and relevant short pieces, each designed to teach a specific concept. The book is a step-by-step method for introducing…
Easily digestible violin scales with abundant variations.
Easily digestible viola scales with abundant variations.
This book teaches and uses only the notes on the viola D string.
Using exercises and carefully chosen short pieces, viola students are carefully guided through basic note-reading and playing…
The Two Octaves Book for Viola is a complete study of major and minor scales, arpeggios, and broken thirds in two octaves. It includes numerous bowing and rhythmic variations to…
Are you an advanced cellist looking for more intensive warm-ups? Are you looking for technical studies that take you beyond scales? This book can help! With studies on broken thirds…
Cello scales and variations in first position.
Scale Studies for the Violin, Part One intersperses scales up each of the four strings with variations and scale-based patterns and exercises. Studies on both major and minor scales are…
The Triplet Book for Cello, Part One;helps you easily play pesky triplets.
While it can be awkward and even difficult to play groups of three notes evenly, there is help…
This book teaches the fourth position on the violin through exercises and relevant short pieces, each designed to teach a specific concept. This book is a step-by-step method for introducing…
Do you struggle to remember sharps and flats while you are playing? Do you wish you had better muscle memory for finger positions? This book can help!
By focusing on…
The Triplet Book for Cello, Part Two presents studies and short pieces that train the cellist’s left and right hands in playing groups of three notes. Working on chromatic fingerings…
This book is an introductory viola method for the absolute beginner. Starting with open string letters and songs with simple finger numbers, the book progresses to short exercises and familiar…
The Two Octaves Book for Violin is a complete study of major and minor scales, arpeggios, and broken thirds in two octaves. It includes numerous bowing and rhythmic variations to…
This book is an introductory violin method for the absolute beginner.
Starting with open string letters and songs with simple finger numbers, the book progresses to short exercises and familiar…
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Learn third position on the violin!
Open String Bow Workouts for Violin, Book One
One great thing to add to the beginning of your violin practice (at any level of playing!) is a short study on…
Open String Bow Workouts for Viola, Book One
One great thing to add to the beginning of your viola practice (at any level of playing!) is a short study on…
