Product Details

• Actors: Janice Tucker Rhoda
• Directors: Ralph Porcelli
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Carl Fischer/Eko Productions
• DVD Release Date: March 23, 2006
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000F5FMFS
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,569 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

About the Actor

Janice Tucker Rhoda, whose biography is included in Marquis Who's Who in the World, has designed her path-breaking instruction series, The ABCs of Strings, to encourage students of all ages to play the Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass. Ms. Rhoda is an alumna of the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School and College in Boston, Massachusetts where her teacher was well-known violinist and pedagogue, Eric Rosenblith, protégé of Carl Flesch. She has taught students to play the violin for over 30 years and was a past director of the Suzuki Program at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She gives regular Teacher Training seminars worldwide and at the Cambridge Center for Adult Ed in Harvard Square. Hundreds of students have enjoyed her Violin for the Absolute Beginner and ABCs of Duets classes at the Cambridge Center for Adult Ed.

Product Description

This DVD is perfect for new violin students of all ages, new teachers and parents. Covers violin and bow positions, tuning, attaching the shoulder rest, using the mute, pizzicato, finger graphs, counting, the metronome and instrument maintenance. Easy play-along with Mary had a Little Lamb and A Major Scale. Performance pieces include Beethoven's Ode to Joy, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Arkansas Traveler, A Shakespeare Play and Home on the Range. An ideal Violin DVD for the Absolute Beginner!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

74 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent DVD for Beginning Violin!, April 10, 2006

By	Lisa Givens (Austin TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This DVD along with the ABC's of Violin book 1 was a great way for me to start violin. I learned to read music, tune the violin and play Ode to Joy, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Mary had a Little Lamb all in a week!

It has everything you need if you are a stark beginner like me. I never played another instrument before but learned the music staff on screen, how to hold the violin and bow, pizzicato the strings, play with the bow. The actress who is the author of the book makes things clear and you can play along with her. It is a lot of fun!

69 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you for this FANTASTIC BEGINNER VIOLIN DVD!!!!, December 30, 2006

By	V. Norkus (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am a visual art teacher who loves music but has never played any instrument. I thought the violin would be much too complicated until I bought this DVD!!! The teacher, Ms. Rhoda, is so precise about details and gives lots of repetition and reinforcement throughout -- she's VERY VERY THOROUGH!!! I especially like the bow hold section with precise directions for placement of each finger plus all the close-up views from every angle imaginable.

The tuning section makes tuning my violin very easy. I can tune each string right along with the teacher.

I completely understand where the finger dots go on the violin after her explanations throughout (these dots were easy to get at any store).

Everything is verbally explained and visually demonstrated in detail so that there are no questions left!!

Ms. Rhoda's perfomance of the musical pieces at the very end of the DVD is SO VERY INSPIRING! It makes my learning of the violin seem like so much fun and makes me want to continue learning.

THIS DVD IS TERRIFIC!!!

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Worthwhile Purchase! , February 13, 2007

By	Cathie Beck (Ca, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I find this DVD very helpful in learning to play violin at home without a private
teacher or class instruction, and feel it's a good supplement for violin students
with a teacher or class instruction of all ages as well.

It's easy to follow, it's imformative, and it's encouraging for the absolute begin-
ner, which I am at 58.