How to Play Violin in 14 Days Beginner Violin Instruction Book

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My copy starts at page 21 with no instructions on how to get the first book???

Excellent Beginning Book

I came to the violin with a musical bias; I know how to play the piano, and chords of the guitar and ukulele. My bass clef note recognition is therefore weak. But I know basic chording very well.

That being said, there is a hidden underlined thing going on with beginner musical books. These books are subliminally teaching you how to play in chords without always actually telling you.

With a piano, I knew how to play in C first, then F, G, B flat, E flat and A flat. but I was incredibly weak in the chords of D, or in the chords of A or E. I knew that a seventh cord transitions to the next one up. I knew that C7 transitioned to the cord of F or G7 goes to C, and so on. So that is my bias in this review.

There are several beginner books that I would recommend and they are:

Nicolas Laoureux

Practical Method - Part 1: Violin Method, Old Time Fiddle for the Complete Ignoramus, Suzuki Book One, A Dozen A Day, Pieces to Play Book One, Fiddle Time Joggers, and String Builder Book One.

If you want to hone your skills with some method I recommend "adventures in music" or Alfred's book One and Two.

The hidden thing going on is that you are being trained to play in a certain key with some of these beginner books. And most of the books do not directly tell you what that key is.

When you play Twinkle Twinkle Little star in Suzuki you get training in the A chord. (My weakness in Piano)

But this book "How to play Violin in 14 days" starts you off in the key of C. That's what I know, the key of C...and most of the pieces I play are in either C or G of F. So for me, this book was fantastic because it starts where I already am.

So my advice is to get exposed to as many beginner books as possible, and don't be afraid of learning more than one way, or more than one slant of things. And speaking of slant, these beginner books rarely teaches beginners to slightly slant their bowing hand to the right on their up-bow, hitting the right edge of the hair. Or on the down-bow hitting a flatter hair approach. All of these books cannot and will not tell you everything. And there is nothing wrong supplementing pieces with your favorite style as long as they match the skill level you are in. The books I mentioned tend to do that.

Ultimately, you need multiple sources and multiple takes, especially if you already know music.

This book is fantastic, and it gives one other such perspective, and that is crucial.

If you want to start your beginning violin in the key of C, then this book is for you.

I highly recommend it and good luck to you as you pursue your dream of playing the violin.

This is an excellent beginner book !!!