The Violin Presented with Ric Sanders

This video takes you through everything from buying your first violin to playing your first tune. Ric Sanders is the perfect presenter as he slowly takes you through the basics and explains everything he is doing.

There are lots of close-ups which makes it easy to copy what he is doing on screen. Sander’s folk background makes this an ideal video for anyone who wants to play folk and traditional music (most violin books seem to concentrate on classical music). This video does not shy away from the fact that it takes months of practice to fully master the basics of playing the violin, but it does give you the confidence to give it a try. An inspirational video. Learn to play the violin like a professional in no-time, whatever your musical leanings!

Ric Sanders shows you all the essentials:
tuning
bowing technique
reading music notation
playing tunes with open strings
plucking
left hand fingering and scales (D major; G major
vibrato
major and minor scales and the Dorian mode, counting time