Easy Baroque Duets for Violin

I've been using this book in my lessons, playing with my teacher, as I re-learn violin after a long hiatus. In general, the songs are accessible and a reasonable resemblance to the original pieces. BUT... there are some quirks and glitches. For example, rather than use consistent notation through an entire piece, they'll introduce the desired notation and style, then substitute a letter or symbol, or just put a footnote on the page to "continue playing like this." It can be very confusing. Also, they tend to only annotate a repeat point without clearly showing to where the repeat jumps (it's even caused confusion for my experienced, professional musician teacher at times). As such, I can only give this 3 stars. It's a pity, because with a few revisions to clarify unneeded shorthand and footnotes, it could be a really great book. Oh, well.

Bought this for my youngest daughter to play duets with her teacher- she loves it!

Good easy selection of music and compsers

I am a violinist/teacher. I like to get my students started, as soon as they can, learning how to sight-read and play chamber music - so that they learn to listen to each other. These duets are perfect for that purpose.

Bought this to play with a student of mine. It's a bit more difficult/higher level than I anticipated.

My daughter has been studying for 4 years now, but the  Suzuki: Duets for Violins  aren't really duets so much as they are a continuo for the 2nd violin. I want to get her more comfortable with true chamber music, with all instruments playing an equal part, and these duets are a great start. The skill levels accommodate beginning through intermediate students, are clearly notated for easy reading, and are actually pretty charming pieces! When she started studying, I always hoped that some day we could play duets together. Boccherini or Bartók would be my ideal, but we all have to start somewhere, and this is a great way to start. Recommended!

Music was easy to read and fun to experience as a second year student. Pieces gave a feeling of accomplishment

I am an older adult who has been taking violin lessons for several years. My violin teacher thought I was ready for duets, so we selected this as one of the books to try. The pieces are true duets, which makes it nice – I can “pass” the melody, and continue to work on the same tune and then “pass” the harmony, as well. They are not equally easy – some are more difficult than others, but none are advanced.

This book has a wide range of composers and tunes, and will be very helpful for violinists of all ages and abilities

as I expected , nice and easy to play good selection

If you play above grade 5 I would say you will find this book "easy" however it would be great if you where tutoring a more beginner player, and you can teach them whilst playing along with them

It was just what I wanted. I have violin lessons and have recently started playing duets. I particularly love the baroque period. I would recommend it to anyone wishing to play easy to intermediate duets.

Good book.