Harvey Whistler

A Complete Course of Study for Double Note and Chord Development Suitable for any student who has finished a first-year violin method book.

Exercises in 7 major keys covering slurred, legato, staccato and détaché bowings.

Introducing the Positions, a series widely used in classroom and private studio, represents a critical 'next step' for string students. Position playing allows players to extend range beyond the basic...

A compilation of two of the most famous methods for brass, re-edited and progressively graded for like-instrument classroom instruction, and including additional material for study of melodic interpre...

One of Saint-Saëns' most identifiable symphonic themes has been used in countless horror films and gives the listener an instant connection with drama, intrigue, and suspense. This easy and approachab...

Introducing the Positions, a series widely used in classroom and private studio, represents a critical 'next step' for string students. Position playing allows players to extend range beyond the basic...

The classic scale and arpeggio studies of Gabriel Parès were adapted in the 1940s for like-instrument study by Rubank's Harvey Whistler, and are now the standard for elementary scale instruction. Pres...

An elegant dance in 3/4 time, this Beethoven minuet is a great vehicle for teaching about rondo form. The episodes between the refrains are short - just four measures in most cases - so students hear...

Dvorák was extremely interested in Native American and African American melody, and his Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) included influences of both. This easy arrangement wonderfully includes the...

String teachers have long turned to the First Album series to fulfill the need for fun, educational first-year solo and ensemble music. The companion book, First Etude Album, reinforces everything tau...

Exercises in 7 major keys covering slurred, legato, staccato and détaché bowings.

This classic series of duets is recognizable to nearly everyone who has ever studied an instrument. Duet playing is often a student's first form of ensemble experience - technique, tone quality, inton...

Fantastic collection of advanced pieces for violin duet. Works by such esteemed composers as Telemann, Corelli, Kreutzer, Paganini and many, many more are included. Highly appropriate and challenging...

Exercises in 7 major keys covering slurred, legato, staccato and détaché bowings.

Scales studies of the most common major and minor keys designed for individual study and like-instrument class instruction.

Exercises in 7 major keys covering slurred, legato, staccato and détaché bowings.

Exercises in 7 major keys covering slurred, legato, staccato and détaché bowings.

One of the most widely used series of methods for individual or like-instrument class instruction. Using a very well-rounded approach including scales, arpeggios, technical studies, studies for musici...

This one-of-a-kind text is a must for students who are making the switch from violin to viola. Whistler makes introductory remarks on the notable differences in bowing, fingering, resonance, intonatio...

A compilation of two world-famous violin methods, revised and re-styled for the modern classroom. Published in two volumes.

A compilation of two world-famous violin methods, revised and re-styled for the modern classroom. Published in two volumes.

This excellent scale book for beginning and intermediate violinists covers all keys up to three sharps/flats and their relative minors. Exercises are made interesting (and effective) with the use of n...

This intermediate course of violin study, based on the works of Kayser, Mazas, De Beriot and other masters of the violin repertoire, is published in two volumes and is an introductory course for the f...

This intermediate course of violin study, based on the works of Kayser, Mazas, De Beriot and other masters of the violin repertoire, is published in two volumes and is an introductory course for the f...

An Intermediate Course of Study for the Development of Technical Proficiency in the First Position An appropriate follow-up method to Rubank's Intermediate Method for Viola. Includes: •Daily exer...