This violin literature is the general repertoire we use in private lessons. Click the Amazon link for each to view more details.
Stage 1 | |
Blue Book of Violin Tunes | Bonnie Green |
Suzuki Book 1 and CD vol. 1 | Suzuki |
Suzuki CD vol. 4 for listening assignment | Suzuki |
I Can Read Music vol. 1 and 2 | Joanne Martin |
Violin Note Speller | Edward Janowsky |
Winning Rhythms | Edward Ayola |
Workbook for Strings bk. 1 | Alfred Publishing Co |
Orchestra Expressions bk. 1+2 | Orchestral Literature |
Stage 2 | |
Suzuki Book 2 and CD vol. 2 | Suzuki |
Easy Solos for Beginning Violin | Craig Duncan |
Solos For Young Violinist Bk and CD vol. 1 | Barbara Barber |
Wohlfahrt Op.45 vol. 1 and 2 | |
Fiddle Book and Cd | Charles Halls |
Scales for Young Violinists | Barbara Barber |
Stage 3 | |
Suzuki Bk’s and CD’s for vol. 3 and 4 | Suzuki |
Solos For Young Violinists vol. 2 | Barbara Barber |
Melodious Double Stops | Josephine Trott |
Introducing the Positions vol. 1 and 2 | Harvey Whistler |
Position Etudes (Revised Edition) | Suzuki |
Scales for Advanced Violinist | Barbara Barber |
Preparing for Kreutzer vol. 1 | Harvey Whistler |
Stage 4 | |
Suzuki Bk’s and CD’s for vol. 5 and 6 | Suzuki |
Kreutzer 42 Studies for violin | Kreutzer |
Violin Technique: The Manual | Drew Lecher |
Solos for Young Violinists vol. 3, 4 and 5 | Barbara Barber |
Concerto in A Minor | J.S. Bach |
Polish Dance | Edmund Severn |
Meditation from Thais | J. Massenet |
Allegro Brillant | Ten Have |
Concerto No. 2 | Mozart |
Bartok Romanian Folk Dances | Bartok |
Stage 5 | |
Suzuki Bk’s and CD’s 7 and 8 | Suzuki |
Kreutzer 42 Studies for violin | Kreutzer |
Basics | Simon Fischer |
Romance in F | Beethoven |
Csardas | A. Monti |
Duo for 2 violins | Bartok |
Sicilienne and Rigaudon | Kreisler |
Preludium and Allegro | Kreisler |
Stage 6 | |
Suzuki Bk’s and CD’s 9 and 10 | Suzuki |
Kreutzer 42 Studies for violin | Kreutzer |
Concerto in G Minor | Bruch |
Lalo Symphonie Espagnol | Lalo |
Solo Sonatas and Partitas | J.S. Bach |
Book of Kreisler Pieces | Kreisler |
Concerto in C Major | Haydn |
Violin Concerto | Mendelssohn |
Stage 7 | |
Practice | Simon Fischer |
Zigeunerweisen | Sarasate |
La Campagnella | Paganini |
Beethoven Sonatas | Beethoven |
Scherzo Tarantelle | Wieniawski |
24 Caprices | Paganini |
Mozart Concerto #4 | Mozart |
DOROTHY DELAY’S CONCERTO SEQUENCE
Group I
Bach a minor, E major
Haydn G Major and C Major
Kabalevesky
Mozart #2, #3, #4, #5
Conus
Bruch G Minor
Mendelssohn
Khatchaturian
Barber
Wieniawski d minor and F# minor
Lalo
Dvorak
Vieuxtemps #2, #4, #5
Saint-Saens #1 and #3
Paganini #1
Group II
Tchaikovsky
Sibelius
Brahms
Prokofiev d minor and g minor
Bartok
Glazunov
Beethoven
Group III
Berg
Walton
Elgar
Stravinsky
Shostakovich
Other 20th Century Composers