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Violin Instruction Books

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Violin Instruction Books

Etude for violin and piano from Suzuki Book 1

My Violin
My Violin
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eMedia My Violin is a unique, easy and fun way for kids ages 6 and up to learn to play the violin! An animated character named Val the Violin guides kids through over 160 lessons authored and presented by professional violinist Sabina Skalar, M...

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  • Over 160 lessons featuring basic techniques, rhythm tunes and popular songs
  • Over 70 large-format full-motion videos guide kids through playing techniques
  • Animated Fingerboard shows correct fingerings as the music plays
  • Finger Tracker listens to kids play and shows whether fingers are placed correctly
  • Creative interactive games make learning fun and exciting
Violin For Dummies
Violin For Dummies
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Take a bow and start playing tunes with this friendly guide!Whether you're an aspiring classical musician or you just want to fiddle around, Violin For Dummies will have you making music in not time. This interactive book-and-CD-ROM package makes it easy with step-by-step instruction on everything from simple tunes to show-stopping techniques...

Music Minus One Violin: César Franck - Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano (CD with sheet music)
Music Minus One Violin: César Franck - Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano (CD with sheet music)
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The great César Franck contributed this seminal work of late Romanticism to the repertoire. MMO is proud to finally make this oft-requested title available in this sumptuous learning and performance edition...

Violin For Dummies
Violin For Dummies
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Take a bow and start playing tunes with this friendly guide! Whether you're an aspiring classical musician or you just want to fiddle around, Violin For Dummies will have you making music in not time...

The ABCs of Violin for the Absolute Beginner
The ABCs of Violin for the Absolute Beginner
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The ABCs of Violin for the Absolute Beginner DVD features Janice Tucker Rhoda, the Author of the ABCs of Violin. This is a Violin Training DVD for Young Students, Beginner Adults, New Teachers and Parents wishing to help their children practice at home...

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  • This DVD, featuring Janice Tucker Rhoda, is the perfect beginner s approach to the Violin. It covers all the basic,essential points for the new player. This is a powerful supplement to the book, The ABCs of Violin for the Absolute Beginner, Book 1 and to the accompaniment/performance CD ABC1CD. Highlights include instruction on finger positions, bowing techniques, basic music-note reading and play
Alfred Suzuki Violin School Volume 5 Revised (Book/CD)
Alfred Suzuki Violin School Volume 5 Revised (Book/CD)
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The Alfred Suzuki Violin School Volume 5 Revised includes both the book and and instructional CD. Like the other revised violin books in the Suzuki series, the music has been edited by the International Violin Committee...

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  • Book revision features:Edited by the International Violin Committee New engravings in a more easily readable 12" x 9" format
  • New editing of pieces, including changes in fingerings and bowings to reflect more current performance practice and pedagogy
  • Additional technical exercises including three-octave G Major and G Minor scales, and arpeggios CD revision features: CD recorded by William Preucil,
  • Concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra Piano accompaniments performed by Linda Perry
Viola Activity Book 1 by Kendra Law
Viola Activity Book 1 by Kendra Law
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Vinnie Viola and Bella Bow are the characters who introduce the basics of the viola to children in a way that begs for more. Each lesson is accompanied by charming artwork. 50 consumable spiral-bound pages, plus flashcards and stickers.

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  • 50 page Spiralbound by Kendra Law
  • Includes flashcards and stickers
  • For ages 3 and up
  • Makes learning fun and easy!
Electrify Your Strings (Violin) - Book and CD Package
Electrify Your Strings (Violin) - Book and CD Package
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Finally - a method that teaches violinists how to improvise! Plug in and take your violin on a journey beyond the world of classical music with Mark Wood and Electrify Your Strings. With instruction right out of Mark's famous music education program, you'll learn about improvising solo and rhythm parts, modern string techniques, playing in a band, buying electric gear, and much, much more! Plus, there's valuable information not just for students, but for string teachers and school musical directors alike so they can rock their orchestras! A CD is included with recorded examples plus jam tracks in different styles and previously unreleased material.

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  • Teaches Violinists How to Improvise
  • Arranged for Violin
  • Standard Notation
  • Book and CD Package
  • 104 Packages
Violin School Cd, Vol. 2 (Suzuki Violin School CD)
Violin School Cd, Vol. 2 (Suzuki Violin School CD)
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The Suzuki Method(R) of Talent Education is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that man is the son of his environment. According to Dr. Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings...

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  • Suzuki Violin School - Volume 2
  • Compact Disc
  • Performed by Shinichi Suzuki
Scale System for Violin by Carl Flesch
Scale System for Violin by Carl Flesch
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Scale System for Violin by Carl Flesch is a supplement to book 1 Of 'The Art Of Violin Playing' also by Carl Flesch. An instructional book for violin considered by many to be the violinists bible!

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  • It has 142 pages
  • Considered by many to be the violinists bible!
  • It has many varying rhythms and bowings that work the right arm technique, while completley working out the left hand.
  • Intermediate students, those just beginning to do 3-octave scales, can concentrate on a few scale exercises
  • Scale System for Violin by Carl Flesch is a very important book to for violin school study. Scales are a base of the music.


Things to Know Before Going Hot to Learn How to Play the Violin

Violin is a musical instrument that produces the most soulful sounds. Its music has its way of reaching the heart and soul of an individual. If you are one of those people whose dream is to be able to play the violin, you may just want to take that dream a step further.

Learning the violin entails a lot of sacrifices and patience. It not only needs your fullest mental capacity but sometimes it also tests your emotional stability. When you are mentally and emotionally ready to take on the challenge of learning how to play the violin, do not hesitate to start learning and playing.

Listening to the virtuosos play the violin well is very inspiring to us and many music students. We are eager to learn more because we want to become like them. We want to play like them and we want make beautiful music like they do. Learning how to play the violin is not an easy task. It entails hard work and constant correct practice.

For us that are too hot to play violin, we must learn the basics in playing the instrument and music before we can play our favorite song. For us beginners, the first thing to learn is all about the instrument. Proper posture and holding of instrument must be mastered to avoid any stiffed necks, muscle aches, and back pains. We need to hold the bow properly so that we can produce sound from the strings and to prevent tearing of the bow hairs. Proper posture allow us to play the instrument with ease, comfort and prevent easy tiring during practice or performance.

Next thing to learn is to memorize the different sound of every musical notes. We must know the sound so that we can tell if we played the right note and we produced the right sound of a specific note. Proper positioning of fingertips on the strings and using the violin bow is next. This will allow proper string vibration and production of sound. It also defines the pitch, musical intonation and rhythm of the music coming out from the instrument. This should be mastered especially by us and those music students who are too hot to play violin.

Upon learning the basics above, one can now look for a good system of instruction to guide in practicing. There are millions of books regarding violin but only few provide step by step and easy to understand details. We may have read some books that are way too expensive and full of information but only few of the information we have read are actually retained into our memory. We must therefore choose a practice-based medium of instruction in order for us to easily understand the topic and remember the important details and steps.

Lastly, before we get too hot to play violin, we must learn the value of patience. Learning this instrument is not easy because it needs expertise on the fundamentals of music and discipline of self. We should not rush into playing our favorite music. We should first appreciate the value of music and the instrument before going too hot to play violin.

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