Stringtastic

19/10/2024

We are excited!

Stringtastic has been shortlisted for the Outstanding Music Education Print Resource category in the 2025 Music and Drama Education Awards!

Music and Drama Education Awards 2025 - 2025 Shortlist

05/09/2024

Paul and Mark are back in the blogosphere:

https://www.fabermusic.com/news/staying-sharp-music-teachers-never-stop-learning

13/11/2023

Check out the blog we did for ISM aimed at new string teachers. Appreciate your support, Faber Music Publications and ISM.

Mark Wilson and Paul Wood, creators of 'Stringtastic', share their tips and advice for new teachers with beginner students.

01/11/2023

If you missed our Stringtastic Webinar hosted by Faber Music you can find the recording here.

We looked the ideas behind the first three books and gave everyone an opportunity to play through some of our tunes.

Mark Wilson and Paul Wood celebrated the release of their third book in the Stringtastic series by giving this live webinar. Their publisher, Faber Music, very kindly organized the event, which took place on Thursday the 26 th of October, 2023. In the webinar, Mark and Paul gave an overview of the t...

26/09/2023

"We wanted to write a book of great tunes which also builds technique one step at a time"

Mark Wilson and Paul Wood's Stringtastic series brings a refreshing new approach to teaching beginner strings.

We caught up with them recently to hear more: https://www.fabermusic.com/news/stringtastic-its-fantastic-book-2-of-the-ground-breaking-new-string-series-is-out-now25092023

24/09/2023

It's that exciting time of year again when a new Stringtastic Book appears. We are delighted that Stringtastic Book 2 is now available to buy. As usual, there are books for violin, viola, 'cello and double bass, which all work over the same piano accompaniment book.

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08/06/2023

Exciting news from Stringtastic HQ. We are proud and honoured to have some of our pieces selected for the new violin, viola, cello and double bass ABRSM String Syllabus.

Many thanks to Faber Music Publications for all their help and support.

23/02/2023

We had a lovely day at the London Expo, seeing our Stringtastic books on the Faber stall and catching up with our editor, Emily. Lots of exciting plans in the pipeline!

15/02/2023

This is the second in a short series of posts looking at the structure behind Stringtastic Book 1. Here we talk about the first section of the book, dealing with tunes 1 - 15.

This is the second in a short series of posts looking at the structure behind Stringtastic Book 1. In this video, Mark chats to Paul about the first fifteen tunes of Stringtastic Book 1. They discuss how these tunes introduce the notes on the G, C and E strings, and the ensemble opportunities built....

09/01/2023

A lovely review of Stringtastic Violin Book 1 in Strings Magazine.

https://stringsmagazine.com/stringtastic-book-1-violin-review/

Strings Magazine Faber Music Publications

The Stringtastic series now includes separate books for violin, viola, cello, and double bass, and can be used separately or teamed together in any combination.

20/11/2022

This is the first in a short series of posts looking at the structure behind Stringtastic Book 1.

This is the first in a short series of posts looking at the structure behind Stringtastic Book 1. In this video, Paul explains the overall structure of Stringtastic Book 1. He shows how the book helps students progress from the one octave D major scale learnt in Stringtastic Beginners to grade 1 sta...