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Fiddle Time Starters + CD: A beginner book for violin
£9.00
Fiddle Time Starters is a great beginner book for the budding violinist. Carefully paced to suit young learners, it supports players through the important early stages, step by step-from how to hold your instrument and bow, through basic notation, to exciting pieces in a range of styles. With plenty of entertaining illustrations and a CD to play along to, with Fiddle Time Starters it really is fun to play!
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Additional information
| Publisher | OUP Oxford (12 July 2012) |
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| Language | English |
| Sheet music | 40 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0193365847 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0193365841 |
| Dimensions | 31.14 x 0.36 x 22.4 cm |
by Ania1981
Good item thanks
by SaraD
Ideal book for very young children starting to learn the violin. The book has been revised since my eldest son started to learn, and the first few pages concentrate on getting a feel for musicality and rhythm, learning the parts of the violin, etc before staves, crotchets, quavers etc are introduced, which can sometimes be hard for a younger child to grasp. Thoroughly recommend.
by koya
This was recommended to me by the violin teacher – to be honest I don’t have much experience with violin books but having a quick flick through it seems pretty good! Simple and very clear and concise explanations about time and notes, good illustrations and easy little songs to learn at the beginning, but get longer and slighter harder towards the end as you would expect when a child progresses with violin skills.
Overall I can’t complain and the CD is a nice edition (still can’t report on that because we haven’t played it yet) – postage took a week and a half like they said it would. So a big thumbs up.
by Zankhna Pancholi
Great for my daughter learning the violin. Could do with an app or something to listen to the music without the city.
by Barbara Anne Grant
The overall plus of this book, I feel, is the emphasize on singing as an integral part of the learning process from the start and pupils’ active encouragement in rhythmic engagement every step of the way.Every piece has words and a catchy tune! I love the way this book incorporates each fundamental point of technique within a very memorable/ traditional or collectively known rhyming song.
The idea of notating the heart beats is an innovative and very attractive way of illustrating and encouraging the understanding of the division of the beat.I like the use of raps as a catalyst for further technical development. Pupils are introduced in an almost subliminal way to several important ‘classical’ composers within very cleverly arranged pieces exemplifying their style of composing.This book uses throughout, action/rhythm words in general teaching use (but essential to the Dalcroze method), what a shame this book’s system fails with the minim! Why did you not use the word ‘stride’ or its equivalent as it is indicative of the length of the note.(I am aware that some children are unfamiliar with the word, but in my experience they learn it quickly and understand the system relevance.)
I wonder if it may have been possible to print this as a small book, akin to the old Starters book which fits in a violin case and therefore is easier for most pupils to remember to bring to lessons.
I think this book is an absolute must for anyone teaching strings as part of a wider opportunities program and it is a most valuable addition to the the existing beginners’ repertoire. I am gradually integrating as much of this helpful material as I can into my ‘normal’ teaching even though pupils may be using a different book; it should I feel, be highlighted and held up as a shining example of ‘best practice’ within instrumental teaching training courses. Congratulations for a very thoughtfully compiled edition.
by yaoyao
My child’s violin teacher introduced me to buy this book, which he needs in class now. It is suitable for beginners in violin learning.
by Nuttyflip
This whole series if very accessible for young starter violinists, in conjunction with lessons from a competent teacher. The CD is great for learning the tune, but caution if they’re likely to become discouraged – it takes time to build up the necessary speed for some of the pieces.
by Twinkle twinkle
My son started learning to play the violin and this was the book we were advised to get. Great little tunes, opportunity to create your own, uses ‘proper’ music and the letters for numpties like me who are totally hopeless at reading music but want to help/be supportive. Love the CD – he gets to play along to it and it sounds great!