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| Violin for Dummies (For Dummies) | 
 enlarge | Author: Katharine Rapoport
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Category: Book
List Price: £14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 8305
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Cdr
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1
ISBN: 0470838388
Dewey Decimal Number: 787
EAN: 9780470838389
ASIN: 0470838388
Publication Date: January 22, 2008
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 seriously.... November 8, 2008
the book has the info... but could be half the size it is, why? because every single paragraph, without fail, is full of the most long-winded puns, awful jokes and banter and sometimes its hard to just get the information amongst the krap-salad thats in every paragraph.
Please, Katherine Rapaport, in the re-write cut out all the bull... other then being incredibly patronising and not even slightly funny (not once did you make me laugh and you should see how much dope i smoke), im sure the book could be 50 pages shorter so you would even save a few trees.
 Amazingly wonderful! Fab book! July 2, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I can only repeat what Claudia has already said - this book is fantastic!!
As an adult "returner" to the violin after giving up at age 13, this book has really brought this beautiful instrument back to life for me. It is written in an intelligent, conversational, lively style, and is just like having a close friend humourously lead you through the beginnings of a soon-to-be lifelong passion for the violin.
It includes plenty of interesting technical info about the violin itself, as well as loads of background facts and information for you to research further.
All in all, a wonderful introduction to the violin - you certainly will not be dissapointed with this book!! Fabulous!
Very informative, serious book full of very good advice February 8, 2008
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
To be perfectly honest, I have never wanted to touch any of these books "For Dummies", since their title and style puts me off. I bought this one because there wasn't very much else on the subject, and I now realize how wrong I was in my prejudgment! This book is excellent! Of the 5 or 6 violin self-study guides I have bought this is definitely the best by a very large margin. The author is an accomplished violinist who has also got lots of teaching experience. She gives good practical advice, mentions lots of things that other books simply assume, and writes very well and clearly. The book comes with a CD that contains all the music as MP3 files and some demonstrations as video clips. All the information one needs is there and easy to find. (She claims that you can find things faster than you could say "Paganini".) There are witty comments like that, and some very nice little stories (like the one about the trick that Leopold Mozart had for getting his prodigy son out of bed), but the book is definitely serious. I am an adult beginner who started to play violin in order to help my 5-year old son practice. I work full-time and thus don't have time to take lessons. I have picked up some things from my son's Suzuki book and accompanying materials by the local music school, but I still needed more help. This book has given me exactly that. It tells you several methods of how to get a good bow hold, it explains step by step how to move your fingers for playing a particular passage, it gives an introduction to music theory, it tells you how to handle and care for your instrument, there is information about how to find a teacher, and on how to go on playing beyond the book, (and lots more). Overall, the best things about this book is that very obviously the author plays and teaches violin with a great deal of enthusiasm - and this shines through on every single page. It's like having a good teacher who wants you to succeed! Thoroughly recommended!
I should add that although the book is written for the US market (and the author lives and teaches in Toronto, Canada), it is equally useful here in Europe. The only times one notices that it is a US book is when price ranges are quotes in US $.
Enjoy!
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