Essential Elements 2000 for Strings Plus DVD: Violin | 
|  | | | Title: | Essential Elements 2000 for Strings Plus DVD: Violin | | Author: | Hal Leonard Corp. (Creator) | | Publisher: | Hal Leonard Corporation | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 01 July, 2002 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0634038176 / 9780634038174 | | List Price: | $7.95 | | Amazon Price: | $7.95 | |
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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)
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Customer Reviews:
• Violin Tutor 05 November, 2007
Very methodically worked out, contains a wealth of material that can be downloaded onto computer. I would suggest that this might be a drawback to many users, as not everybody has a computer available where they practice.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2IL2D7OSR2145
• Slow And Uninteresting 26 December, 2007
It's a much too slow moving violin book. It lingers on the open strings for nearly half the book, in little small songs that don't keep your interest. The other half of the book is pretty much unhelpful, piano duets that are at a level for which you don't get to be prepared for.
A CD is included, but it's useless and confusing, with the unnecessary orchestra accompanying the bland simple melody. It's only useful if you haven't a metronome.
There's software included, but as a beginner with little music background, there's not much use for a program to write your own music. But, I suppose the software is the nicest thing out of the package.
The DVD's okay, giving a little video tutorial, but it's not substantial.
There are better beginner violin books out there, I'd recommend the ABC's of Violin!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3NICKOQJALFEE
• A Good Book 03 May, 2008
I bought this book for my son to practice violin. It is very helpful to him.
- Reviewed by customer ID: ANIED5SPCP6VN
• Good Introduction 18 June, 2008
ihave been studying violin already for 1 year and i still think for my self as a beginner, i purchase this book and i was really amazed about how good is to explain the basic of the possition of the violin and the fact is that end up lerning a few new stuff, since some times the simple is the best, i strongly recommend this book to every one who is starting to play the violin, but i recommed it as a good material support, not as a guide, since the best option for me will be always suzuki methot, still the book offer a CD and a DVD that have very good tools to help you to reed music sheet better, i know beacuse im very bad leering :P so i only can say that and really think that no one will regret this purchase and will be good for every one that want to add some mote techniques to his/her violin class
- Reviewed by customer ID: ALPCRH79RK635
• Well Thought Out Series. 27 September, 2007
"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 basic critical and 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 none 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 development with ensemble skills for the beginners. Students coming into my program who already play don't feel bored because I am able to append more complex tasks in bowing and fingering to them using the existing material, giving them helpful exercises to expand their current abilities, while they help in encouraging their beginning peers.
Lastly, a smart child, if they are so motivated (as some of my kids are), can look at the directives in the EE2000 book and figure out a lot of things on their own ahead of the class, and they are provided with just enough information to accomplish those tasks fairly correctly, without doing awful things to their technique. The included instruction videos are very helpful in this case as well. This is not true with most other methods (and the Suzuki books are entirely useless without a proper instructor!).
Don't get me wrong; I was a Suzuki student myself for my first few years of playing and from time to time use some of their excellent pieces in my own private teaching (although I primarily teach advanced junior high through college age players). However, it has its target audience, which is entirely different from that which EE2000 and others like it are designed for.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1CFDYGAITP83U
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