Testimonials

What teachers, students, parents, and violin dealers have to say about Simply Violin:


Brenda Hunter, Owner, Hunter Bows Violin Shop

Sing. Play. Learn is popular for us as a beginning violin book. Teacher feedback has been very positive for all the books. The scale book is selling well. I'm please to carry them in my store."


C.D., Parent of Violin Student

"So clear and easy to read. Flesch fingerings for three octaves scales and arpeggios. Before this book, my daughter owned the Carl Flesch Scale Book which was difficult to read and hard to use. This book is like Cliff Notes for Flesch."

Renee Nixon, Violin Teacher

"I just picked up this book for my students.  My students love it!  In the past I've found it difficult to find this many Christmas carols in one book.  The arrangements are nice because every one sounds like the real thing."

O.W., Violin Student (age 11)

"I like Sing. Play. Learn. a lot. I know almost all of the songs, and I like playing them. A lot of them are short, which I also like. My teacher wants me to learn notes not finger numbers. This book helps with that."

D.G., Violin Student (Age 55)

"I’ve been intimidated by the hard songs in the Suzuki books. But this book gives me lots of easy songs perfect for an adult beginner. The songs seem just like I would sing them yet are still easy."

N.T., Violin Student (age 15)

"The scale book is perfect for auditions and I don’t have to hunt for them in my fat Flesch book. I use Simply Violin’s scale book instead even though I own both. Everything is clear and easy to find, and the fingerings are easy to follow and make sense to me. My school requires scale testing in both two octaves and three, so it helps to have both in one book."

Sheila Graves, Sales Manager, House of Note Violin Shop

"I love this scale book. It's not intimidating like the Carl Flesch Scale book is. The notes are well spaced and there's ample room to change fingerings to meet the needs of particular students. Teachers who have bought this book have told me that it is very useful and a good alternative to Carl Flesch."

Sheila Graves, Sales Manager, House of Note Violin Shop

"Just in time for Christmas! I find this to be a very insightful book.  I am most impressed that the songs are not watered down.  My students love these songs.  Congratulations Lisa on another successful book.  I am looking forward to future books in the Simply Violin series."