ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR STRINGS - VIOLIN BOOK 1 WITH EEI | BEGINNER VIOLIN METHOD BOOK WITH ONLINE MU

by Michael Allen, Robert Gillespie, Pamela Tellejohn Hayes

(Essential Elements for Strings). (Essential Elements for Strings and Essential Elements Interactive are fully compatible with Essential Elements 2000 for Strings) Essential Elements for Strings offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learning environment, as well as instrument-specific exercises to focus each student on the unique characteristics of their own instrument. EE provides both teachers and students with a wealth of materials to develop total musicianship, even at the beginning stages. Books 1 and 2 also include access to Essential Elements Interactive (EEi) , the ultimate online music education resource - anywhere, anytime, and on any device. Go to www.essentialelementsinteractive.com to learn more! Method * Enhanced Starting System * Optimum Reinforced Learning * Pacing * Theory, History, Cross-Curriculum & Creativity * Performance Spotlights Book also includes My EE Library * (www.myeelibrary.com) -

Genres: Music

48 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2002

Reviews

[Librarian Jessie (BibliophileRoses) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I won't lie. I literally died when I saw this on here. This is PTSD all the way back to fourth grade. Great book, don't get me wrong, just really fun memories.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to learn from

[brienne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would recommend for beginners. Their soundtracks are really helpful. I would recommend playing these with a violin teacher/tutor.

[Skadams9038 Adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

One cd is missing.
Better than some beginning books. It would had been harder, if I didn't already have some musical training to fall back on and I found other learning aides.

[Evangeline Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for beginner violin students.

[Ida Wilcox · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book made getting back into playing my violin easier. :)

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

First and favorite

[Stephanie Pieck · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book doesn't contain many actual pieces to play, so if you want a repertoire-heavy experience, look elsewhere.
But if you want an extremely organized presentation of playing in the higher positions on the violin with accessible material that isn't a two-page etude so dry and difficult that learning it is about as pleasant as a trip to the dentist, this book is for you.
For each higher position on each string, there is a picture showing the relationship of finger placement between first position and the higher one. In my Braille edition, these images were clearly described. While I read through the book in a single sitting to absorb the overall methodology, I will be using it for at least the rest of this year to build up my own technique.
As with so many other method books, this one works best when combined with other materials. Even so, if you can only purchase one book for long-term study and improvement on the violin, this is a great option.

[brienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shifting: best thing I learned since 6th grade.