"How I wish I could have read this book years ago! It would have saved many hours of practicing which often have had disappointing results for the time invested." -Phyllis Young, Playing the String Game and The String Play The Advancing Violinist's Handbook is a concise but thorough treatise on virtually every aspect of practicing and learning to play the violin. This book is primarily designed for intermediate violinists, which usually means ages 14 to 20, but which could be any age from 6 to 80. The purpose of this book is to provide you with much of the basic information that you need in order to become good at practicing the violin. This is the book for you You want to learn how to improve rapidly as a violinists. You don't feel that you know how to practice. You want to get a faster rate of advancement out of your available practice time.