Where can I get cool violin sheet music?
I’m also a victim of adult onset violin. I have some advice. First, Cd Sheet Music sells CDs of music for a lot of instruments. It’s not free, but it’s really cheap. The violin method books have more than you will be able to play in a lifetime. The Concerto and Sonata CDs would be ok, but they are pretty hard for a beginner. I also second the virtual sheet music site. For $30 or so a year you can get a ton of music, for all kinds of instruments. My son plays alto saxophone and my other son plays flute, so I use it a lot. I found it enormously useful to play the Schraedieck exercises on the first page of the School of Velocity. They are not very interesting, but they will make you fingers strong and even. Finally, fast is not as important as slow. My teacher tells me that he spends the first six weeks with any student saying “you might want to practice that more slowly” and I think that’s the best advice you will get. Auer, I think, said “Slow
