Title: Essential Elements for Strings - Book 1 with EEi Pdf Violin
Good balance of theory, variety of music styles, nice methodology As a violin teacher, I love Essential Elements because it is a good balance of music for playing, exercises for perfecting technique, music theory (explanations), and even music history. The explanations are short enough to read during a lesson, and the diagrams make explanations easy. I love the CD accompaniment. It is fun to play along with, gives students some confidence to see if what they're playing sounds right, and helps keep students moving along so they don't get stuck if they mess up. The music styles from song to song are different and interesting: country, funk, classical, rock, folk, native drumming, and Christmas music. There are loads of short songs to go through, which is great for learning to read notes and sightreading. So if the student doesn't get a particular song perfectly, it's ok to keep going because they'll get it again in a different form. There are two sets of performance pieces: one in the middle and one at the end of the book. These 5-6 duets can be done in 2 groups or by 2 individuals. At the end of the book, there is a short Bach Minuet solo with piano accompaniment (which is printed in the book). It is obvious this book is intended for use with youth/children's orchestras ("share your work with orchestra friends"), but my adult students have enjoyed this book too (just skip those exercises). One of my adult students says he really likes the DVD program which shows you (as you're playing) what notes you're supposed to be on and analyzes your playing so you see which notes you played wrong (recent updates of this book do not seem to have the DVD - however you can access the music accompaniment online, through your phone, which is really handy).I like how the book starts with just plucking (pizzicato). The first 12 pages help students focus on the left hand fingerings and reading music before they start bowing. That way, student's don't feel overwhelmed with both arms and fingers doing different things all at once. I also like how if there is a a song with a particularly difficult rhythm, there is a preceeding "shadow bowing" song that lets you practice "playing" on the rosin so that you can get used to the way the bow goes for the song. There are many exercises for the bow hold and bow arm as well as for the left hand that are helpful. The book ends with a violin fingering chart which is helpful for those trying to figure out how to read music... although this would be more helpful if it was located earlier in the book.There are just a couple of things in the book I don't feel are very helpful: the early bow hold (why not just go for it?), the practice record in the inside cover (is it for checking off if you practiced regardless of how long? there isn't enough room to write anything else) and the lines that tell you to keep holding a finger down even if you are bowing another string (that's a skill that is not important at this point). The first two-thirds of the book is in D major, so don't expect to pick up any other piece of music and be able to play it if it's in another key. I usually just supplement with a handouts and other scales. Otherwise, stick with the book, and you'll eventually get to it.All in all, I highly recommend this book. It's fun and helpful for beginners. And it's the best all-in-one book you'll find out there.Very geared towards kids in orchestra class... I am an adult trying to teach myself how to play violin, as it is something I have always wanted to do, but I was never allowed to take lessons as a kid. So I bought this book hoping it would be a good place to start... but it is definitely written for children in a classroom setting. I was hoping for more how-to's, but most of that is relegated to side notes of "have your teacher show you..." but fortunately, there is Youtube, so I can deal with that. And that being said, it seems to have a decent selection of beginner scales and compositions to practice, the only thing disappointing there, is that for the first few pages they label all the notes (ie G, F#, A, etc) which is incredibly helpful for someone who hasn't attempted to read music ever, or at least in a long time, but this stops within the first few pages -- which is frustrating as it would be nice to have more practice getting the hang of the notes before having that little extra bit of aid dropped. It is also a very thin book... in the age of the internet, I kind of expected a bit more to make it worth the money vs simply printing all the information offline, which is absolutely the route I would have gone if I had easy access to a printer. So all things considered, this just gets a solid "okay" from me.This has been an excellent product to purchase for an adult beginner violinist This has been an excellent product to purchase for an adult beginner violinist. I am really happy with this. I have been practicing for only 2 weeks now and I am learning very quickly and am more than half way through this book. I enjoyed Essential Elements for Strings Book 1 so much that I decided that I need Book 2 and Book 3, and they will be arriving in the next few days. This is an excellent book for learning the violin. It really helps.
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