What Next? Suggested Resources for G'DAE Graduates

Your G'DAE Graduate should be ready to move on to "real" (a.k.a. black-and-white) music notation in many of the standard method books that are available for beginning violinists. But, many of these are written for older elementary and junior-high age students. Here are some of our favorites for younger students that keep the fun in learning the violin! Available through Sheet Music Plus.

Fiddle Time Joggers - Book 1 (A first book of very easy pieces for violin) Written by Kathy and David Blackwell. Collection and accompaniment CD for violin. 32 pages. Published by Oxford University Press. (OU.9780193220898)
G'DAE NOTE: This book begins with open strings on the treble-clef staff and presents one finger at a time on all 4 strings. Great playalong music, many duets, kids love it!
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All For Strings - Book 1 (Violin) (Comprehensive String Method) Written by Gerald E. Anderson, Robert S. Frost. Instructional book for violin. Elementary. 48 pages. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company. (KJ.78VN)
G'DAE NOTE: A gradually-paced beginner's method book. Teaches standard-notation music reading with familiar songs one concept at a time. Has an available theory workbook (see below).
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All For Strings - Theory Workbook 1 (Violin) Written by Gerald E. Anderson, Robert S. Frost. Instructional book for violin. Elementary. 32 pages. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company. (KJ.84VN)
G'DAE NOTE: Workbook accompaniment to All For Strings. Paper-and-pencil exercises that reinforce music theory concepts introduced in the AFS method book.
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