Essential Elements 2000 for Strings Plus DVD: Violin Book 1


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Essential Elements 2000 for Strings Plus DVD: Violin Book 1

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Now the best-selling band method is even better! The same great method that directors have come to trust now includes a CD AND a DVD. Features include: * BOOK: Same great Essential Elements 2000 method! * CD/CD-ROM FEATURES: Play-Along Tracks 1-71 (with a professional player for every instrument) * DVD FEATURES: Startup Video (learn the basics - 15 min.); ALL 193 Play-Along Tracks; More Duets and Trios; Music Listening Library * CD AND DVD EACH FEATURE: SmartMusic Software (practice, record, and e-mail a performance, plus on-screen assessment - includes Ex. 1-86 with special offer to continue); Finale NotePad Software; Tempo Adjustment Software (for Play-Along Tracks)


  • CD features:Play-along tracks 1-58 with a professional player for every instrumentDVD features:Start-up video learn the basics (15 min.)All 185 Play-along tracksMore duets and triosMusic listening libraryComputer ROM features:SmartMusic Software practice, record, and email a performance, plus on-screen assessmentFinale NotePad softwareTempo adjustment software for play-along tracks


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83 of 86 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for Adult Beginner!, September 18, 2006
This review is from: Essential Elements 2000 for Strings Plus DVD: Violin Book 1 (Paperback)
Once I got my hands on this book, I discarded all the other "beginner" books I'd purchased. No more having to play juvenile ditties like Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

I'm an adult beginner violinist and Essential Elements 2000 for Strings with its accompanying CD & DVD has enabled me to teach myself how to play my violin while thoroughly enjoying the effort and without experiencing the boredom and humiliation of having to learn tunes better geared toward much younger students.

I've only been playing since July and I'm already about to graduate to the second book in the series. The curriculum is interesting, playing along with the orchestra on the CD is exciting, and realizing how fast I'm progressing is a dream come true for this 54 year old beginner.

I highly recommend this book as well as Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory Complete to anyone seriously interested in learning violin.
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Well thought out series., September 27, 2007
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Gene Wie (Irvine, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Elements 2000 for Strings Plus DVD: Violin Book 1 (Paperback)
"For a real violin study, go with Suzuki." While that might work for a child that is ages 3-4 in a one-on-one or small group setting (which is what the Suzuki Method was intended for), it does not work well in large group learning situation for kids who are twice that age, beginning instruments in fourth and fifth grade. And to be honest, almost everything in the Suzuki method *IS* an arrangement of an original work (like the Bach Bouree from the cello suites set for violin), chosen because even in their simplified form they help teach the fundamental concepts.

This is my third year using EE2000 in my school program. I usually have between 30-40 students at each grade level in the orchestra. The books and their accompanying CD/DVD work really well and are of the appropriate complexity for the students ages nine through eleven. As a private instructor myself, I recommend to all my students to seek outside instruction, but EE2000 provides a good balance of technical... Read more
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The songs are not the original composition..why..??, February 24, 2007
This review is from: Essential Elements 2000 for Strings Plus DVD: Violin Book 1 (Paperback)
Becuase how else would you learn to read music and interpret that music properly with your violin if you already knew how the song was going to progress?

This makes it "cheat proof" for young and old alike. I like that. It forces the student to concentrate on the notes and actually read them instead of memorizing. It's the best and most organized book of its' kind.

The cd and dvd are included as is some very useful computer software. You do not have to go out and buy everything seperately. This helps on the students, or parents, pocketbook. Lessons are expensive enough without having to go out and spend a fortune on material for the lesson. Save some money and a whole lot of sight reading headaches down the road and get this book.
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