This best-selling instruction book along with download is the perfect start for an Absolute Beginner of any age on the Violin. The many melodies plus short warm-up exercises and study pieces advance students technically in an easy and enjoyable way. Simple duets, scales, anote-reading worksheet, glossary and practice chart are also included along with many graphs to show left-hand finger placement. The download consists of three 33 mp3 performance pieces of violin with piano accompaniments, 33 mp3 piano accompaniment tracks by themselves for play-along, and a printable pdf file of the piano accompaniments. Concert violinist Emil Altschuler is a protégé of Erick Friedman and Dorothy DeLay. He plays the melodies in ABCs of Violin Book 1 with passion, sensitivity and elegance.
I'm learning to play violin from this book and love it. It's excellent for adult beginners. It has famous songs I enjoy playing, but has necessary exercises for development. I'm playing the duets with a friend and they are a blast!