Violin Star 2, Student's book, with CD

Description

Violin Star is a three-book series offering beginner violinists a refreshing and inspirational choice of pieces to help build confidence and musical skills. The repertoire is imaginatively tailored to develop specific techniques through an exciting range of musical styles. This Student's book contains the solo violin parts, along with colourful illustrations, activities and a playalong CD. The Accompaniment book, available separately, includes piano and violin accompaniments for every piece. Key features of the series include: an approachable progression from beginner level to Grade 2; playalong CDs with each Student's book, which contain specially created instrumental arrangements to convey style and mood; and original compositions and arrangements by Edward Huws Jones. Review: fantástico - El libro es genial para aprender a tocar el violín con un método mucho más actual y entretenido. Gracias al cd que lleva incorporado puedes practicar las canciones en los tiempos reales y poder hacer luego tú tus propias variaciones. Genial para coger agilidad. El libro llegó en el plazo previsto y en perfectas condiciones, además he de decir que la oferta era estupenda Review: A good starter book - As background I am an adult learner in my 40's with very little musical experience since learning the guitar at school. I was recommended this by a violin teacher, I didn't start with book 1 as they said I should be ok starting with this book. It starts with slurs, but it's not too hard. I am learning on my own, so the cd is really useful to play along to. Each song has it played first on the violin so that you can hear how it sounds and the next track is without the violin as a backing track so that you play along. This book walks you through different techniques that you need to know for grade 1. I would say that you probably still need a teacher to explain some of the techniques as although there are a few activities for you to do, there isn't much explanation before each piece. Overall at £8.50 I think it was a good purchase to start me off on my violin playing journey.