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This book presents daily octave exercises for the advanced cellist. Once the general study of octaves has been completed, it is essential that octaves are played every day to keep in shape. The Octave Scales series contains original octave studies that...

Warming Up for Violin, Book One combines exercises with pieces at a third-year playing level. Each exercise and song is included as version A for lower level players and as version B for higher level players. Both version A and version B can be played...

Warming Up for Viola, Book One combines exercises with pieces at a third-year playing level. Each exercise and song is included as version A for lower level players and as version B for higher level players. Both version A and version B can be played...

Warming Up for Cello, Book One combines exercises with pieces at a third-year playing level. Each exercise and song is included as version A for lower level players and as version B for higher level players. Both version A and version B can be played...

Warming Up for Bass, Book One combines exercises with pieces at a third-year playing level. Each exercise and song is included as version A for lower level players and as version B for higher level players. Both version A and version B can be played...

Getting in Shape for Violin, combines warm-up exercises with lively pieces at a second-year playing level. Each exercise and song is included as version A for lower level players and as version B for higher level players. Both version A and version B can...

Getting in Shape for Bass, combines warm-up exercises with lively pieces at a second-year playing level. Each exercise and song is included as version A for lower level players and as version B for higher level players. Both version A and version B can...

Getting in Shape for Viola, combines warm-up exercises with lively pieces at a second-year playing level. Each exercise and song is included as version A for lower level players and as version B for higher level players. Both version A and version B can...

Getting in Shape for Cello combines warm-up exercises with lively pieces at a second-year playing level. Each exercise and song is included as version A for lower level players and as version B for higher level players. Both version A and version B can...

Octave Shifts for the Cello, Book Two gives late-intermediate and early-advanced cellists further opportunity to study and perfect the technique of distance shifting. While large shifts regularly appear in solo literature, it is unusual to have an...

The study of double-stop octaves on the cello, for advanced cellists, continues in Octaves for the Cello, Book Two with exercises and short pieces that teach the notes between the two hand positions learned in Octaves for the Cello, Book One. Teachers...

Knowing the Notes for Violin is a supplementary study book that reviews the notes in first position on the violin through basic finger technique and corresponding short pieces. Each easy warm-up focuses on a specific note, reinforcing note-reading and...

Knowing the Notes for Viola is a supplementary study book that reviews the notes in first position on the viola through basic finger technique and corresponding short pieces. Each easy warm-up focuses on a specific note, reinforcing note-reading and...

Knowing the Notes for Bass is a supplementary study book that reviews the notes in first position on the double bass through basic finger technique and corresponding short pieces. Each easy warm-up focuses on a specific note, reinforcing note-reading and...

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 hand and a sense of fingerboard security using studies in double-stop thirds,...

The study of double-stop octaves on the cello, for advanced cellists, continues in Octaves for the Cello, Book Three. Exercises and short pieces link the A and D octave hand positions learned in Books One and Two with the new "high A position", near the...

This book begins the study of sixth double-stops on the cello by using a 2-1 fingering for half-step spacing and a 3-1 fingering for whole-step spacing. The first part of the book teaches the C major scale in sixths on the A and D strings, while the rest...

Correlating directly with Thumb Position for the Cello, Book One, these duets give the student music examples which use the specific skills learned in that book. Each page of duets uses only the thumb position notes that were taught on the same page...

This study of artificial harmonics begins by strengthening the thumb so it can hold the string down on its own. At the same time, the book addresses the placement of the third finger. Artificial harmonics are a type of "blind" octave where the...

Warming Up for Violin, Book Two combines exercises with pieces at a fourth-year playing level. Studies include warm-up exercises and lively pieces that focus specifically on playing in different keys and shifting. The book can be used as part of a string...

Warming Up for Viola, Book Two combines exercises with pieces at a fourth-year playing level. Studies include warm-up exercises and lively pieces that focus specifically on playing in different keys and shifting. The book can be used as part of a string...

Warming Up for Cello, Book Two combines exercises with pieces at a fourth-year playing level. Studies include warm-up exercises and lively pieces that focus specifically on playing in different keys and shifting. The book can be used as part of a string...

Warming Up for Bass, Book Two combines exercises with pieces at a fourth-year playing level. Studies include warm-up exercises and lively pieces that focus specifically on playing in different keys and shifting. The book can be used as part of a string...

This study of tenths on the cello begins with putting first finger where the third finger would be in the octave hand position. The book uses strength and placement exercises to train the hand in shifting with tenth double stops. Representing one of the...

The Hot Cross Buns Book uses fifty variations on Hot Cross Buns to teach basic finger patterns and rhythms on the violin. The book is especially useful as a training tool for very young beginners, with large notes and finger numbers. Violin teachers can...

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 longer shifting patterns, and ends with a complete...

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. Teachers can use this book to introduce thirds gradually...

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 left hand and a sense of fingerboard security using studies in double-stop...

Double Stop Musings for the Cello, Book Three presents a varied collection of exercises for the very advanced cellist. The book develops a disciplined left hand and a sense of fingerboard security using studies in double-stop thirds, sixths, octaves, and...

Sautille Studies for the Cello, Book One is a collection of exercises for the advanced cellist that combines difficult left-hand technique with equally demanding sautille bowing. The book is good preparation for virtuoso pieces and major concertos that...