Preludio Music

Teachers keep coming back to Barbara Barber's Scales for Young Violinists and Scales for Advanced Violinists, which address the progression many string students need for solid intonation. Fingerboard Geography for the String Class serves mixed ensembles efficiently by covering violin, viola, cello, and bass in one book. The Solos for Young Violinists CDs (Volumes 1 and 2) give students recorded accompaniments and performance examples they can reference at home.

Barbara Barber has built a coherent pedagogical system across this collection. Her scale books and Fingerboard Geography series reflect decades of classroom teaching, grounded in the specific technical needs of string students as they progress from foundational work to more advanced repertoire. Her work emphasizes systematic mastery of the fingerboard and consistent intonation before students encounter stylistic demands.

Triudi Post contributes as the artist and performer on the Solos for Young Violinists recordings. These CDs provide young violinists with recorded reference performances and accompaniments, giving students an auditory model for how their assigned solos should sound.