what dvd is best for instruction??

October 24, 2007 at 10:42 PM · Greetings,

since one sclae is pretty much the same as another I wonder why you need a video?

I suggest you get the first video/dvd on the Galamina series in which he teahces scales acooridng to his system. They are availbale form Shar.

Cheer,s

Buri

October 25, 2007 at 04:53 AM ·

October 25, 2007 at 06:11 AM · For 60 dollars a month, you can get a decent teacher every two weeks - if not more often. I'd do that, if you haven't already.

October 26, 2007 at 01:42 AM ·

October 26, 2007 at 03:37 AM · Daniel,

Violin learning needs to be customized. That's why I think even having one long lesson every 3-4 weeks per month is a lot better than watching DVDs on your own.

You will soon find out that you are wasting your money on DVDs if you expect to be taught that way. No, DVDs are tools not unlike books. Just because you can see what’s done properly in books and DVDs doesn't mean you can tell if you are copying it rightly, let alone knowing what you are not doing right, which is far more important.

I've bought a lot of violin DVDs and books in recent past. I have good teachers and I'm not a beginner. I find DVDs are helpful in that they gave me good ideas about what can be done generally to improve one's playing, and what a good teacher might be like when he/she teaches violin. But books and DVDs don't teach me -- they don't give me the immediate feedback. They don't tell me if I'm doing something wrong. They cannot help me with intonation, shift, vibrato, all sorts of bowing techniques, etc, etc, because they are so not customized to do so. And getting all the above-mentioned details right is the whole point of practicing scales.

October 26, 2007 at 03:59 AM · I agree that there's no replacement for a really good teacher. The other thing is, usually if you have a choice of 1 lesson with a $60 teacher or 2 with a $30 teacher, take the 1 lesson with the $60 teacher. You'll probably improve faster with few good lessons than many average ones. And with a 1 hour commute to your lesson it probably makes your time that much more valuable.

And if you show yourself to be a really good student, and really are financially strapped, most teachers will give you a break.

October 27, 2007 at 01:03 AM ·

October 27, 2007 at 04:39 AM · Greetings,

catch up to where? Paying attention to this will distort the process. If you find a nice teacher an dlet things develop at their own pace thta is pretty much all a human being can ask for.

Cheers,

Buri

October 27, 2007 at 06:38 AM ·

October 27, 2007 at 04:39 PM · DVDs can be very helpful, IN ADDITION to having a real, live teacher actually watching and evaluating your own progress. DVD alone is something I've never heard a success story about. The performer may be wonderful, and full of good advice, but he can't watch you play - that's the problem.

March 28, 2009 at 07:32 AM ·

Curtis-graduate Valerie Bobbet Gardner's series, "The Building Blocks of Violin Virtuosity" is by far the best instructional DVD I've seen.  Easy to understand and implement, it teaches the same techniques tought her by Jascha Brodsky (Hilary Hahn's teacher for 10 years). It also reiterates techniques I've learned from my Russian teacher who studied under Kogan and taught at the Moscow Conservatory.  To have such an accomplished violinst sharing the "bare bones" of violin playing from how to stand to how to play advanced bowings is extremely valuable.  To find out more, visit www.violinvirtuosity.com

March 28, 2009 at 07:59 AM ·

Can you tell us which other instructional DVDs you have had opportunity to see?

March 2, 2016 at 03:50 PM · What would you all recommend to a home educating family which was gifted 5 violins, but which cannot afford to provide violin lessons with a personal instructor for the children?

March 2, 2016 at 04:55 PM · Try Mimi Zweig's String Pedagogy

March 12, 2016 at 03:51 PM · Nothing beats a live teacher; but there is a ton of stuff on Youtube. Red Dessert Violin and Allysons Violin Studio have really good beginner and intermediate instructional videos.

A L, you can look around and see if there is someone that might be willing to do group lessons.

March 12, 2016 at 07:22 PM · Check out violin lab-

http://www.violinlab.com

There are a few videos on YouTube but it operates basically as a subscription video archive with a community base and help/instruction resources.