User Reviews Send this to a friend Violin For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies))   Manufacturer: For Dummies Customer Rating:   List Price: $24.99 Sale Price: $14.98 Availibility: Usually ships in 24 hours Free Shipping Available Buy Now   Product Description 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. With coverage of musical styles including classical, country, and jazz, this is the ultimate guide to the violin. Discover how to: * Choose the right violin and accessories * Develop correct violin and bow hold * Understand the language of music * Play classical, country, gypsy, and jazz * Tune, change strings, and perform simple maintenance Get Smart @www.dummies.com * Find listings of all our books * Choose from many different subject categories * Sign up for eTips at etips.dummies.com MP3 files of every song and exercise from the book. Video clips demonstrating techniques to help you pick up and play.

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better than online courses I’ve tried
 
Review Date: February 26, 2008
Reviewer: Raymond Patrick, albuquerque,nm
Goes from the very basic through fairly advanced in manageable steps. Clear and concise with excellent descriptions. Included CD helps with practice pieces and songs.

For less than the price of one music lesson you have a companion guide and reference to help you navigate from beginner to beyond.

I know I sound like a commercial, but I’m a real person who is amazed that someone put in the effort to craft a manual that really helps self starters.

To show you how basic it can be… it tells you how to take the violin in and out of its case.

The lady who wrote the book knows her stuff and how to communicate it. Actually the quick guide on how to hold the violin and bow will save you grief down the line.

Good luck and have fun with it.

Great book for beginners
 
Review Date: March 11, 2008
Reviewer: S. Chamberlain, Massachusetts
I am an adult who wanted to learn to play the violin without the expense of private lessons. So far, this book has been very easy to follow and the instructions are very clear. The CD is wonderful, it includes short videos and mp3 songs. I can play along with the songs and know that the notes are correct.
My only compaint is that I found alot of the photos in the book hard to see. They are in black and white and the photos are far to dark.

Violin Instruction
 
Review Date: May 20, 2008
Reviewer: Troy A. Lewis, Baton Rouge, LA USA
Katharine Rapoport brings a lot of experience to light in this book; designed for the very beginner through advanced. If you are trying to tackle violin pedagogy on your own maybe because you can’t afford private lessons or maybe your schedule is not conducive for private lessons, or whatever reason; this book is a good place to start. The instruction is informative, structured, and relaxed in nature.

FINALLY!
 
Review Date: January 30, 2010
Reviewer: Patrick Moore, Starke, FL USA
I have spent the last several years owning and trying to learn how to play a violin (I prefer playing it as a fiddle). I also have asked several music store owners if there was a book on care and maintenance for a fiddle–I was always told “No. You really just kind of learn that kind of stuff as you go…” I never once thought of looking up such a thing on Amazon and boy am I glad that I did! I don’t know why more music stores don’t carry this item. This book arrived within one week of ordering in brand new condition and I can’t wait to get down to the nitty gritty of puttting some of this books suggestions to use. I have briefly glanced over it and it appears to cover all the topics that most beginning or intermediately experienced violinists yearn for! This book is invaluable to fiddlers everywhere!

Violin For Dummies
 
Review Date: June 8, 2010
Reviewer: Paul D. Pandolfo, Berlin, CT USA
This review is long overdue on my part. I ordered this book before its original publication and it was finally released more tha 6 months past its originally estimated release date. I did receive notifications of revised delivery dates, and it was definitely worth the wait! It really begins at the beginning and progresses to serious techniques like slides, postions changes, vibrato etc. with easy to follow explanations, pictures and CD audio and video exercises. I had had good experience with “Dummies” books in the past (mostly computer technology), and this one has absolutely lived up to my optimistic expectations. The fact that it happened to arrive at my house on Christmas Eve was a nice little surprise too!