Violinissimo

THE CLASSICAL CHILD EARLY TO BED is a soothing collection of classics perfectly suited for bedtime. Featuring the timeless music of Bach, Mozart, Brahms and others, each selection is accompanied by a gentle serenade of crickets and cicadas, creating the sense of being embraced by the warmth and magic of a summer's evening.

This video series is designed to give you an overview of important information about your new instrument and to show you the various skills you will need to develop as you learn to play. This instructional tape and booklet is to help aspiring students and other beginners to get a good start and establish a solid foundation for study. Each tape takes the student through: Unpacking, assembly, instrument nomenclature, care and maintenance, posture, hand positions, notes, reading music, playing the instrument, and many more topics.

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

AMP offers a continuous educational experience with a multiple DVD series collection that supports the learning curve of a budding violinist with an Introductory Beginner DVD, Beginner Series, Intermediate Series, Master Class Series, Holiday Series, and a newly published book, Picture Yourself Playing Violin, as well as the online E-mail support with Mrs. Seidel, a professional violin teacher. The Introductory Beginner DVD is designed to teach the true beginner through the Suzuki® Method how to read music, how to hold the instrument in proper playing and rest positions, develop proper bowing technique, and playing in tune while using the easy to follow fingering tapes provided when you purchase the Introductory DVD. Special Features: - Includes 1,2,3,4 and Low 2 Finger Tapes -Interactive Menus -On Screen Musical Notation with Moving Highlighted Arrows to Follow Notes in Rhythm -Slow and Fast Performances of the Lesson Song, Ba Ba Black Sheep, -Close Up Views of the Fingering Techniques -Close Up Views of the Bow Hand and Bow Usage with Note by Note Instruction per Song for Correct Bow Placement for Optimal Tone Quality

AMP offers a continuous educational experience with a multiple DVD series collection that supports the learning curve of a budding violinist with a Beginner Series, Intermediate Series, Master Class Series, Holiday Series, and a newly published book, Picture Yourself Playing Violin, as well as the online E-mail support with Mrs. Seidel, a professional violin teacher. The Beginner Series is designed to teach the true beginner through the Suzuki® Method how to read music, how to hold the instrument in proper playing and rest positions, develop proper bowing technique, and playing in tune while using the easy to follow fingering tapes provided when you purchase the Beginner Series. The Beginner DVD Series has 4 DVD's packed full with 9 lessons. Over 4 hours of instruction! Includes the music book, fingering charts, and tapes to place on the violin for finger positioning. Also, the whole family can learn violin for $98, very cost effective when private lessons cost $912 per year for one person. CONTENTS: Bonus Disk (How to Tune, How to Apply Fingering Tapes, How to Bow and Finger the Violin, How to read music) Disk #1 (High 2 Finger Pattern, Lesson 1: Ba Ba Black Sheep, Lesson 2: Lightly Row, Lesson 3: Song of the Wind) Disk #2 (High 2 Finger Pattern w/ 4th, Lesson 4: Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Lesson 5: Ode to Joy, Lesson 6: The Yellow Rose of Texas) Disk #3 (Low 2 Finger Pattern w/ 4th, Lesson 7: On Top of Old Smokey, Lesson 8: Minuet in C, Lesson 9: Minuet in G) Special Features: -Includes Music Book and Easy to Follow Fingering Charts -Includes 1,2,3,4 and Low 2 Finger Tapes -Interactive Menus -On Screen Musical Notation with Moving Highlighted Arrows to Follow Notes in Rhythm -Slow and Fast Performances of the Lesson Songs -Close Up Views of the Fingering Techniques -Close Up Views of the Bow Hand and Bow Usage with Note by Note Instruction per Song for Correct Bow Placement for Optimal Tone Quality

How To Play Fiddle written by Larry McCabe and published by Santorella Publications is truly the “#1 fiddle method in print for beginners of all ages.” It is the perfect book for all fiddle players which features easy “one step at a time” progressive instruction. This best selling fiddle method includes helpful diagrams, historical photographs, assorted workshops and an instructional CD to help your study move along at a rapid pace. Enjoy teaching yourself a great assortment of familiar fiddle tunes and get to see a rarely seen archived photo of the great “Fiddlin’ John Carson”. This simple step-by-step “no-nonsense” approach from Santorella Publications will have you playing songs like these in no time. Alligator on the Bayou • Be Thou My Vision • Boil Them Cabbage Down • Buffalo Gals • Camptown Races • Carry Me back Old Virginny • Cripple Creek • Down in the Valley • European Waltz • Fair Eleanor • Faith of Our Fathers • French Fiddler • Good Night, Ladies • Hawaiian Waltz • I Know Where I’m Going • John Hardy • Lavender Blue • Liza Jane • Louisville Waltz • Old Joe Clark • Old Macdonald • Rhody’s Breakdown • Rudy’s Favorite Waltz • Sally Ann • Scarborough Fair • Sweet Betsy from Pike • Twinkle, Twinkle INTRODUCTION by the author, Mr. Larry McCabe “He could fiddle all the bugs off a sweet-potato vine.” Stephen Vincent Benet (1898-1943) - The Mountain Whippoorwill, 1923 “There’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle.” Robert Browning (1812-1889) - Red Cotton Night-Cap Country, 1873 “Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.” Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) “God hath given some men wisdom and understanding, and to others the art of playing the fiddle.” Robert Southey (1774 - 1843) - The Doctor, 1812 “He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.” Jonathon Swift (1667-1745) - Letter to Stella, July 25, 1711 “We consider that the man who can fiddle all through on one of those Virginia reels without losing his grip, may be depended on in any kind of emergency.” Mark Twain (1835-1910) - Letter to Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, January 1863 Q: What’s the difference between the violin and fiddle? A: It’s fun to play the fiddle. Fiddle Joke, author unknown As the above quotes amply demonstrate, the fiddle and its magic sound has inspired countless and varied musings through the ages-from both the famous and the forgotten. Perhaps more than any other instrument, the fiddle excites the emotions, sets the feet in motion, and calls forth unforgettable images of good people and good times. 1-58560-077-6,649571002633

It undertakes the thorough explanation of each design or form, from the smallest to the largest; and such comparison as serves to demonstrate the principle of natural evolution, in the operation of which the entire system originates.