String Sheet Music

Teachers consistently reach for the Suzuki Violin School series by Shinichi Suzuki, with Volume 1 and Volume 2 leading adoption across private studios and group instruction. Mary Cohen's Scaley Monsters for Violin offers a pedagogically sound approach to technical development, while Barbara Barber's Scales for Advanced Violinists serves as a go-to resource for intermediate and advanced players preparing for contests and festivals.

Recent additions include solo works with piano accompaniment such as Bohuslav Martinu's Sonatina in G and Pablo de Sarasate's Serenata Andaluza (Spanish Dances, Book 5), along with chamber and solo cello pieces like Milton Babbitt's Dual and Bernhard Gander's RIFF23.

Mary Cohen brings over sixty publications for strings to this collection, building a reputation for pedagogically rigorous music that spans absolute beginner through advanced levels. Her work is widely adopted by major examining bodies worldwide, and her approach to systematic skill building makes her compositions particularly valuable for teachers structuring progressive curricula. Shinichi Suzuki's foundational method books remain the most widely adopted string instruction material in the collection, with Suzuki Violin School Volume 1 serving as the entry point for generations of young players. Barbara Barber contributes practical scale and technical studies tailored to advancing violinists, with her Scales for Advanced Violinists becoming essential preparation material for contest and festival participation.