Melodious Double-Stops for Violin Complete Edition by Josephine Trott | Violin Technique and Etude Book for Beginners and Students | Classical Violin Sheet Music Exercises | Violin Songbook
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Melodious Double-Stops for Violin (Complete Edition) by Josephine Trott unites both Books I and II in one indispensable volume for developing confident and expressive violin technique. Designed for intermediate students and advancing learners, this collection focuses on tone, intonation, and coordination through elegant and structured etudes. Perfect for home practice, studio instruction, or conservatory lessons, it supports growth at every stage of a violinist’s journey. Each exercise introduces new challenges in bow control, finger placement, and interval precision, guiding players from simple harmonies to advanced double-stop passages. The progressive design encourages steady improvement while maintaining musical enjoyment. Teachers value its clarity, pacing, and melodic appeal, while students appreciate how it builds strength and flexibility without unnecessary complexity. Its accessible format also makes it suitable for adult learners returning to the instrument. This trusted violin study book enhances tone blending and rhythm accuracy, helping learners develop both technical mastery and expressive depth. Its exercises strengthen posture, left-hand agility, and overall musical awareness. A staple of string education, Trott’s timeless approach remains relevant to modern teaching methods and supports daily warm-ups or focused technique sessions. A thoughtful gift for violinists and educators. Ideal for lessons, recitals, or self-guided study, this edition inspires consistent progress and artistic growth. With musical depth and proven pedagogy, it continues to shape generations of confident, well-rounded violin players. Review: Easy and pleasant - A great book for learning double stops painlessly Review: In perfect condition, nothing is wrong with the inside, pages intact, great book overall - It's a good book that improves your violin finger agility and intonation through double stops. It's challenging, but super fun and satisfying when you learn to play the excerpts/etudes. A tip is to check if each double stop rings by playing them longer than it says on the music. Then, you can put it all together in the end and play it as it is. Overall, comes as good as promised, at least it did for me. :)
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| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 410 Reviews |
A**R
Easy and pleasant
A great book for learning double stops painlessly
I**I
In perfect condition, nothing is wrong with the inside, pages intact, great book overall
It's a good book that improves your violin finger agility and intonation through double stops. It's challenging, but super fun and satisfying when you learn to play the excerpts/etudes. A tip is to check if each double stop rings by playing them longer than it says on the music. Then, you can put it all together in the end and play it as it is. Overall, comes as good as promised, at least it did for me. :)
3**O
Violin Study
A good addition to violin study.
A**Z
Great double stops studies
I love this book and I recommend it to all my violin students. It has easy double stops exercises with beautiful melodies and gradually increase difficulty. Great book for any violin studio. I believe it is good for a student that has been practicing regularly for about 2 years or more.
L**U
I'm facing it.
There is no magic key to double stops, at least not that I've found. I bought this based on recommendations of others, and my violin teacher was kind enough to let me try it. So far, having skipped a few of the most basic pieces, I'm finding it challenging to make my efforts sound like music, but the pieces are pretty, and not too beyond my reach, so I keep "plugging away," which is exactly how it sounds. Somehow I hoped, though, that the exercises themselves would point me to what I was doing wrong specifically, so that I could change it, but so far that hasn't happened. If anyone has found the key, can you let me know?
A**R
Great
Great edition. Glad I have it in book format now instead of pages scattered everywhere in my house.
C**Y
Very helpful double stops curriculum
As an adult beginner, this book is actually beautiful melodies to play as I learn instead of just random double stops to play. I also like that the first several melodies have one open string.
A**R
Great for students! A must have!
As a violin instructor I highly recommend this book to my students as it builds their understanding of double stops and intervals in a fun way. The exercises are designed as songs so its not like they are just learning drills. This book is a great springboard for students wishing to play more advanced pieces involving chords/double stops and counterpoint melodies on violin.
G**O
Le note doppie
Io lo ho usato per iniziare lo studio dei double stop sul mandolino. Mi sembra un ottimo testo, non impegnativo come altre opere sull'argomento scritte sempre per violino. Ovviamente poi serve un 'ulteriore raccolta di studi per progredire
ア**ス
楽しく重音が勉強できる
重音の勉強は精神的に疲れますが、このテキストは曲になっているので、楽しく重音の勉強ができます お勧めです
S**I
Perfect double stops book!
It starts from very easy double stops with open strings and gradually gets more advanced and challenging. The fonts and spacing are very good and easily readable. Highly recommended for those who struggle with double stops!
D**N
Fun studies that really develop your double stop technique
This book has been such fun to work with! The double stop etudes start easy (well they look easy from where I am now). I've worked steadily through the material. The tunes sound great if you get them right and they are really helping my technique. I started off when I was around Grade 4-5 ABRSM and I'm sure that they will keep me going to a few years yet.
E**H
Perfecto para iniciarte al violin
Libro perfecto para los que buscan iniciarse en el mundo del violín.
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