Violin for Dummies (Third edition)

Learn to play violin - from first notes to first songs

Some see learning the violin as much an intellectual pursuit as a musical pursuit. If you need to escape the notion that you need to be a genius to make beautiful music with a violin, this is the book for you. Violin For Dummies introduces you to the instrument that adds melody to string quartets, orchestras, and even pop music. The book assumes no prior musical experience as it explains the physics of how a violin makes sound, how to play notes and scales on a violin, and how to put it all together into performing a song.

Inside:

- Tuning a violin

- Holding a violin properly

- Getting to know musical notation

- Playing your first scales

- Creating harmonic chords

- Improving bowing and fingering

- Choosing an instrument