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Alright, got my problem set straight.

Thing is, I only have 3 string builder books and a 3 and 5 position book to play/practice out of and I only play/pracitice an hour a day. What I want is to play/pracitce my violin longer than that. I've been playing a tad more that a year and I do know third position quite well. Sad thing is, in my books, they only have songs that are at the most, 4 lines long and I want to play full pieces that are in my level of skill. So, what I'm asking if any of you have suggestions of books that have rather long pieces in them for someone my level of skill?

I currently play out of my flute books due to not having enough material that allows me to spend more time with my violin. I picked up guitar sometimes in May and it's easy for me to play/practice 2-3 hours wihtout realizing how fast the time goes. I hope to be able to do this with my violin but since I only have simples songs to play , I am unable to. Now, yes, I would love to practice/play my violin for 3 hours because simply, I love my violin very much and the fact that I happen to take more to my guitar than my vioiln, I want to put in as much time as I do my guitar so I won't drop my violin and just go with guitar.

Well, not sure, but I'd love to play that long and but for some reason, in my mind 'practicing' is the same as 'playing'. That's what my old band director (before I quit/picked up vioiln) used to say so I guess he's the one who stuck that in my head.=/

I play out of flute books due to not having enough material made for violin. All I have is me thrid and fifth posititions book and my 3 string builder books and that's it. I don't have long songs books or anything like that. It's rather boring to play those. I asked my teacher and he said it's possible to play out of flute books, so to entertain myself, I do do that.

Alright, got my problem straight, I'm really asking what are good books that have songs that are more than 2 lines long and aren't for teaching but more for playing?

I guess what got my heart set on spending that much time with my violin is that my teacher told me that serious musicians play for more than two hours and I guess I want to prove to him that I'm serious. That's what started me wanting to spend that much time with both of my instruments.

Ha, that's the same brand as my guitar. xD

Sorry if I wasn't clear the first time. ^^;;

I will. ^_^ Thanks. :3

Hmmm... I never liked Suzuki... but then I'm just a paranoid person who has to do everything a different way than everyone else, even if everyone else's way is much better. sweatdrop

Well... I like Kaiser, personally, though I'm not sure if they make books for beginners... (No offense!) The Kaiser book I have is nifty, but Bulgarian which makes it hard to read. sweatdrop

So you should probably go with Suzuki; I've heard good things about it. I would look into Kaiser as a sort of extra thing.

One way I've heard it described is that Suzuki puts more emphasis on performing, and Kayser (I spelled it wrong last time... like a German officer or something. sweatdrop ) focuses on technical skill. Kayser assumes that you have other pieces to work on, and functions more like a supplement to what you already have. 3nodding

biggrin mrgreen cool I suggest Strictly Strings! Even though I am a noob,I suggest it if you are a begginer! domokun biggrin smile rofl

I also suggest them. I am in book four right now, second piece. It's challenging but it helps to build skills. The books have some very beautiful pieces. Though I dislike the strict Suzuki method. Also, I suggest Wolfhart. It has challenging, advancing, skill-building exercise. Some may be tedious but others are quite fun.