Violinissimo

ABC'S OF VIOLIN FOR THE ABSOLUTE BEGI - DVD Movie

The Violin Shop's Fiddle Masters Concert Series is quite simply the finest collection of fiddle performances ever captured on DVD. Recorded "live" in an intimate 50 seat concert room, fiddlers at the top of their game are accompanied by some of the finest musicians and singers in the world. The result - 64 astonishing performances, released on 3 volumes, featuring 53 musicians from 13 different concerts. These DVD's offer a unique and fresh combination of music and film with an extremely high level of performance and production. Volume 3 of this series features: Daniel Carwile, Hanneke Cassel, Casey Driessen, Brittany Haas, Natalie Hass, Alex Hargreaves, Tatiana Hargreaves, and Gabe Witcher.

Darol Anger's deep knowledge of the violin, along with his relaxed good humor and encouraging manner helps bring fiddlers to a whole new level. Using a "call and response" interactive teaching method, Darol trades licks with you as you learn tunes and styles from the Mississippi Delta to blues-inflected bluegrass, bebop, and even rock and roll. 88 min. Includes music booklet. (NOTE: Level 3: Early Intermediate: You have been playing a while and can play some songs and/or instrumentals without too much difficulty. Now you want to move into specific styles, develop your repertoire and increase your technique. The instructor still covers the material in detail, but there are more challenges.)The fiddle is a perfect vehicle for this soulful music, with its liquid slides and expressive, vocal-like intonation. As Darol says, "Once you learn to play a little blues, you can get by in pretty much any style." He starts right off with a great Sonny Rollins' riff blues, "Sonny Moon for Two". You'll learn the piece lick by lick, finally playing a duet in harmony with Darol. "Cool Blues" by Charlie Parker is another great riff blues. "Don't be scared," says Darol, "it's the easiest tune he wrote." Again, you'll trade licks and learn how to take blues ideas and apply them to any musical situation. "Blues in the Garage," an original Darol Anger piece written just for this lesson, combines shorter but more complex licks with slides, triplets and other important stylistic moves.Darol analyzes the pentatonic (five-note) blues scale and its added "blue notes," and teaches how you can easily transpose licks and tunes from one key to another. By using the right vibrato, bowing techniques, intonation and other nuances, it won't be long before you can get the true blues feeling and are riffing and jamming in all the blues styles.

Research has proven that children who play an instrument do better in school, make friends more easily, are more creative, learn self-discipline and gain self-confidence. My Violin is the perfect way to introduce children to playing violin. Now it's easy for kids ages 6 and up to learn how to play violin. In eMedia My Violin, an animated character named Val the Violin leads kids through lessons by Sabina Skalar. My Violin covers the basics, such as tuning your violin and playing notes, and moves on to reading music, playing songs, and much more. An animated fingerboard shows you where to put your fingers as the live recorded audio plays. Double-clicking on any note will also show them where to put their fingers. The revolutionary Finger Tracker listens to your playing and shows you whether your fingers are on the right spot. With MIDI tracks, the speed of the music can be adjusted so you can learn at your own pace. Special features such as an automatic tuner, metronome, and digital recorder are all included. Using either the computer's built-in microphone or an external one, your child can get tuned up quickly and easily with the built-in interactive tuner. They can just line up the arrow with the right string and be in tune. The lessons are easy to follow with our large-format videos, featuring split-screens and close-ups that guide kids through songs and playing techniques. A digital recorder allows kids to play into the computer's built-in microphone (or an external one), record their performance, and save it to the computer Minimum System Requirements - Macintosh- Power PC G3 or better (Intel OK), Mac OSX 10.3+, 64MB free RAM, CD-ROM / Windows- Pentium II PC, Windows Vista / XP, 64MB free RAM, CD-ROM

Violin Online String Sampler CD-ROM is a fun and easy way to learn, study and play beautiful violin music from a wide variety of styles and eras. Designed for a Windows PC-compatible home computer, this CD-ROM features 54 print & play violin pieces with accompanying mp3 music. These arrangements have been simplified for advanced beginners to intermediate players (all of the music is in 1st position). Designed like an interactive website, the following sections are included- STUDY UNITS: Explore the history, style and musical form of the featured pieces representing styles and cultures such as Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century, Fiddle, Klezmer, Gypsy, Chinese, Greek, Carnatic, Arabic, Mariachi, Ragtime and Blues. Violin technique tips are included for each piece, and a music glossary and bowing chart explain additional concepts. LISTENING ROOM: Listen to mp3 sound files of the 54 featured pieces, and print violin sheet music on your own computer with the included jpeg files. VIOLIN & MUSIC BASICS: Review the fundamentals of violin playing, fingering, technique tips, and music theory basics, and play along with our scales and etudes. Please note this interactive instructional data CD-ROM is not a video or an audio CD. It is designed for a Windows PC-compatible computer (Windows Vista/98/2000/Me/XP), and requires no installation or download. To use, insert the CD-ROM in your computer's CD/DVD drive, and the application should automatically begin. If AutoRun is disabled on your computer, browse to the CD/DVD drive the CD-ROM is located in, and double click on the Violin Online String Sampler "VOSS.exe" icon. The application should begin in a matter of moments. To print sheet music from the CD-ROM, use the file/print preview function in the upper left corner of jpeg sheet music images. Printing sheet music requires that your computer is connected to a printer.

String Master is the Amazing 4 Step interactive approach to visually master any stringed instrument. String Master is a great way to assist teaching the beginning guitar, banjos, violin, mandolin, viola, and cello, bass guitar and piano student how to understand their instrument quickly. By mastering this 4 Step method, the beginner can gain essential understanding of all the instruments. CD/ROM available for Windows.

Finally, a video that takes students from opening the case to playing a simple tune in no time. Topics include: maintenance and care for the instrument, correct posture and holding techniques, simple finger patterns, bowing and plucking methods, your first notes, music theory, and helpful hints to get you started fast.