Katharine Rapoport (Toronto, Canada) is an accomplished violinist and violist who teaches violin, viola, and chamber music at the University of Toronto. She has a broad range of professional freelance experience, including solo, chamber, and orchestral performance in Canada, the United States, and throughout Europe. Katharine has written several teaching manuals and syllabi as well as articles and reviews for Strad Magazine, The University of Toronto Quarterly, and the journals of the American and Canadian Viola Societies.
Violin for dummies – book + online video & audio instruction, 3rd edition Ebook
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
Year | 2021 |
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Format | Ebook |
Author |
Katharine Rapoport |
Publisher |
John Wiley |