studio bookstore

For the convenience of my students, here is a one-stop shop for the violin instructional materials most frequently used in my studio. Not every student will use every book on this list. Your order goes directly to Sheet Music Plus which handles payment and shipment. I recommend Sheet Music Plus because standard shipping is only $2.99 regardless of the size of your order.

Books and repertoire are listed by level of advancement. Methods and technical studies are on the left; performance repertoire on the right.

Beginner (P.A.R. Levels F-1)		Performance:
	Essential Elements 2000 Violin Book 1 (with CD, DVD)		Suzuki Violin School Book 1
	All for Strings Book 1		Fiddle Time Joggers (with CD)
	All for Strings Theory Wookbook 1
	Spotlight on Strings Book 1
	Workbook for Strings, Violin Book 1
[top] Advanced Beginner (P.A.R. Level 2)		Performance:
	Essential Elements 2000 Violin Book 2 (with CD)		Suzuki Violin School Book 1
	All for Strings Book 2		Suzuki Violin School Book 2
	All for Strings Theory Wookbook 2		Fiddle Time Runners (with CD)
	Spotlight on Strings Book 2
	Building Technique with Beautiful Music Book 1
	A Tune A Day Beginning Scales
	Workbook for Strings, Violin Book 2
[top] Early Intermediate (P.A.R. Level 3)		Performance:
	All for Strings Book 3		Suzuki Violin School Book 2
	Essentials for Strings		Suzuki Violin School Book 3
	Building Technique with Beautiful Music Book 2		Solos for Young Violinists Volume 1
	Wohlfahrt 50 Easy Melodious Studies		Fiddle Time Sprinters (with CD)
	Introducing the Positions Book 1		Disney Solos for Violin (with CD)
[top] Intermediate (P.A.R. Level 4)		Performance:
	Essentials for Strings		Suzuki Violin School Book 4
	Hrimaly Scale Studies		Solos for Young Violinists Volume 1
	Introducing the Positions Book 2
	Developing Double Stops Book 1
	Building Technique with Beautiful Music Book 3
	Wohlfahrt/Aiquioni Foundation Studies, Book 1
[top] Late Intermediate (P.A.R. Level 5)		Performance:
	Hrimaly Scale Studies		Suzuki Violin School Book 5
	Preparing for Kreutzer		Solos for Young Violinists Volume 2
[top] Advanced Intermediate (P.A.R. Level 6)		Performance:
	Hrimaly Scale Studies		See column to the right for downloadable and printable sheet music sources.
	Kreutzer 42 Studies		Solos for Young Violinists Volume 3
			Solos for Young Violinists Volume 4
[top] Early Advanced (P.A.R. Level 7)		Performance:
	Carl Flesch Scale System		See column to the right for downloadable and printable sheet music sources.
	Kreutzer 42 Studies		Solos for Young Violinists Volume 5 (Volume 4 also good for this level)
[top] Mid-Advanced (P.A.R. Level 8)		Performance:
	Carl Flesch Scale System		See column to the right for downloadable and printable sheet music sources.
			Solos for Young Violinists Volume 6 (Volume 5 also good for this level)
[top] Late Advanced (P.A.R. Level 9)		Performance:
		See column to the right for downloadable and printable sheet music sources. Selected major repertoire examples:    Bach: Solo Sonatas and Partitas (selected)    Mozart: Concerto in D, others    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
[top] Proficient (P.A.R. Level 10)		Performance:
		See column to the right for downloadable and printable sheet music sources. Selected major repertoire examples:    Bruch: Concerto in Gm    Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole    Mendelssohn: Concerto in Em    Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
[top] Virtuoso (over P.A.R. Level 10)		Performance:
		See column to the right for downloadable and printable sheet music sources. Selected major repertoire examples:    Beethoven: Violin Concerto    Brahms: Violin Concerto    Sibelius: Violin Concerto    Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Intermediate/
Advanced
Recommended repertoire:

Check these sites first for free or low-cost downloadable and printable sheet music.

IMSLP Music Library: Completely free printable public-domain sheet music. Search by composer name and/or composition title.

Everynote.com: Printable public-domain music for about $2 per piece (check here if not available on IMSLP). Search by composer name, instrumentation, and/or composition title.
 

FOR ALL PLAYERS

Basics   
Simon Fischer's definitive book on violin technique; with illustrations and practice exercises to master all aspects of playing the violin.
 

Practice
250 Step-by-Step Practice Methods for the Violin.
By Simon Fischer