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Understanding Duo.Hansen’s Scorekeeper’s Seals | Beginner to Advanced String Duets Without looking through the sheet music, it can feel nearly impossible to gauge the true difficulty of a duet. Terms
Elegant and whimsical music planners designed for violin, viola, and cello practice – to help organize your daily, weekly, or long-term goals.
Super charge your progress with intention using our signature designs — crafted for beginners through professional string players, and available in themed editions aligned with Duo.Hansen’s enchanted world.
Perfect for: Focused string students, private studios, and violin, viola, and cello players wanting to refocus their goals with something built specifically for them.
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With magical allies and villains, fun but targeted challenges, and a built-in sense of purpose, the Quest is designed to support your musicianship – one imaginative week at a time.
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🎯 Perfect for: Students in a rut, creatives craving structure, or teachers assigning inspiring weekly missions.
Follow a legendary wax seal system to chart your journey with the Scorekeeper’s Milestone Map – from First Light (Beginner) to Flame and Fable (Ultimate Virtuoso).
A level-based path with printable fantasy-style progress maps (exploring mysterious musical realms and magical musical castles) printable certificates, and symbolic seals to help you grow in skill and musicianship — one milestone at a time.
Inspired by enchanted realms and grounded in thoughtful pedagogy, the Scorekeeper’s Seal system turns your progress into a quest. Each level — from the Seal of First Light: Spark of Sound (early beginner) until the Seal of Flame and Fable — comes with themed resources, repertoire suggestions, and milestone maps that make your growth visible, magical, and motivating. Flexible enough for any teaching method or teachers can use the recommended materials in the How-to-Use guide (guide included with maps).
🎯 Perfect for: Students who want a clear path forward, teachers assigning leveled goals, or anyone who loves seeing their progress unfold like a story.
Duets designed to strengthen technique while keeping musicality at the core – with room for the occasional simple, drill-like exercise where simplicity and focus take center stage.
Our technical collection has been carefully curated to deliver consistent, meaningful results. Some are targeted drills that help untangle sticky technical knots that string players face in the beginner and intermediate stages. Others have been thoughtfully transformed into beautifully musical duets, crafted to retain their effectiveness while becoming far more enjoyable to practice with a partner.
Many of these warm-ups and exercises are inspired by the classic methods of Sevcik, Dotzauer, Dounis…etc — but with a Duo.Hansen twist that makes them more inviting for students. Some of our etude-duets even make great additions to beginner recitals.
The current collection supports Beginner to Intermediate players, with each piece designed to accelerate both technique and expression.
New levels and additions are always on the horizon.
Every month, Duo.Hansen invites string players into a new practice challenge. Each challenge is designed to help you grow as a musician while staying inspired, structured, and connected – always targeting a different musical skill or practice method. All levels welcome! Choose the challenge that fits best for you. Share your experiences on Instagram – tag a practice buddy that should join in and use #DuoHansenPracticePath so we can see your progress!
5 Expert Tips — A themed carousel on Instagram with actionable strategies.
In-Depth Blog Post — Expands on each tip, showing you how to put ideas into practice.
Community Focus — Join other musicians as we tackle the same challenge together, sharing progress, questions, and breakthroughs.
Creative Themes — From technique spotlights to mindful practice rituals, every challenge is designed to refresh your routine and get you to rethink your practice approach – one small change at a time.
Totally Free — Just a fun way to get motivated to practice daily along with community support and accountability.
