Violin For Dummies helps you teach yourself to play theviolin, even if you've never read a note of music. From choosingthe right violin for you to playing a variety of musical styles,this book has you covered. You'll start with the basics of postureand bowing technique, learn how to tune your instrument and keep itin beautiful condition with regular maintenance. You'll learn howto read — and feel — the music, and how to inject yourown personality into whatever you play. Before you know it, you'llbe playing classical, jazz, country, and more, as you become a bonafide violin player. The included audio and video instructionencourages you to play along as you learn, and allow you to hear,see, and imitate proper technique.

The violin's small size, portability, and mimicry of the humanvoice have made it popular across cultures and throughout time.This book shows you how to teach yourself the basics so you canstart playing quickly.

• Start with the basics of proper hold and bowing technique
• Learn how to properly tune and care for your violin
• Understand the nuances of rhythm and musical notation
• Play classical, jazz, and other popular styles of music

The violin has a reputation of being difficult to learn, but thereality is that it's difficult to master. Anyone can learn,and practice over time will refine your technique and your musicalstyle. You'll have fun, make music, and maybe even fall in lovewith this instrument that has inspired some of the world's bestmusicians and composers. Get started today, the easy way, withViolin For Dummies.

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***Comes with online access to free audio demonstrating all examples. Hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along.***

"A very intuitive, easy to understand book. I recommend it to all my students and with practice, hear and see their results." - G. Hennessy

Progressive Beginner Violin contains all you need to know to start learning to be a great violin player - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson violin tutorial. Suitable for all ages and all types of violins including electric violin for beginners. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the violin is required to teach yourself to learn to play violin from this book.

Teach yourself:
• How to play violin notes for beginners and violin scales for beginners
• All essential right and left hand techniques including how to hold the violin, various bowing techniques and how to play pizzicato
• How to play scales, melodies and studies in major and minor keys
• Easy to understand violin music theory including key signatures, time signatures, note values and rests needed for reading violin music for beginners
• Violin tuning
• Violin tips and violin tricks that every player should know when learning violin
• Shortcuts for how to learn violin fast by getting the most from violin practice sessions

Contains everything you need to know to learn to play the violin today.

Features include:
• Progressive step-by-step easy beginners fiddle lessons written by a professional violin teacher
• Easy-to-read violin music
• Full color photos and diagrams
• 64 violin exercises and popular easy violin songs for beginners in classical violin, world music fiddle, bluegrass fiddle and folk fiddle styles

Beginner violin lessons have never been this easy for anyone who wants to learn how to play the violin, fast.

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