Customer Reviews

Essential Elements for Strings: Violin Book One

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For a beginner this book is very useful and helps with all of the questions, that one has with learning a new instrument. As an adult trying to learn an instrument this book is one that doesn't talk down to you which helps one build confidence in learning the music.

This is the first book on basic violin that I found to have a comfortable and logical flow to it. Great for the adult beginner. Everything is anticipated, easy enough, but not terminally "cutesy" as a lot of children's books are. Better to have it with a good instructor -- but with it and a good music theory work book you should make progress.

My 10 year old just began lessons and the instructor chose this book. My daughter finds it fun and easy to progress. The book also holds her interest as she is "plucking" songs she recognizes.

This book will really help you out if you haven't even played a note on it before. Within a few months, it will probably be time to buy the second Essential Elements book.

I have the book and accompling CD. By itself the book and accompling CD are excellent. However, the CD does not have any counts before any selection which makes it difficult to corrodinate between getting your insturment ready to play and the beginning measure of any piece. Getting beyond that I rate this book excellent as well as the CD. but as a companion between the two, I rate the two as so so.

This book would be great for anyone who has no music background at all These are the books my school used in 5th and 6th grade for band. However, I was able to blaze through it because I already read music and have pretty good tonality and aptitute for playing, so it didn't quite meet my needs. If you're looking for a book that explains more about technique and care for the violin, this won't answer your questions.

I received this book promptly and in brand new shape. I love this product because it is very easy to understand. I would recommend this series of music books and this seller.

This book is an excellent book to start of with, other than just folk and classic, it should have jazz, and you definately need a tutor or more experienced player, to mark the exact points for where the notes are, then the book is the best thing to start of with, I learnt my first song, myself thanks to this book.