Reviews for Tipbook Violin and Viola: The Complete Guide

The average rating for Tipbook Violin and Viola: The Complete Guide based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-01-20 00:00:00 Robert Booton OK, so this isn't really a cover to cover read, but I have browsed all the way through, and referred to it several times. I loved it a lot (4 stars) when I first got it, but now that I have lived with it (and several stringed instruments) for a while I wish it had a little more about troubleshooting. I needed an emergency fix for the bridge popping out and couldn't really tell from the illustrations which way to put it back in. This book was adequate when I was just a parent shopping for instruments and accessories, but not as much now that I need to DIY quick fixes. I recommend it for folks new to the ownership of stringed instruments.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-12-18 00:00:00 Robert Royce "Every tone which is added to a beginning tone makes the meaning of that tone doubtful. If, for instance, G follows after C, the ear may not be sure whether this expresses C major or G major, or even F major or E minor; and the addition of other tones may or may not clarify this problem. In this manner there is produced a state of unrest, of imbalance which grows throughout most of the piece, and is enforced further by similar functions of the rhythm. The method by which balance is restored seems to me the real idea of the composition. [...] The tool itself may fall into disuse, but the idea behind it can never become obsolete. And therein lies the difference between a mere style and a real idea. An idea can never perish." "He who really uses his brain for thinking can only be possessed of one desire: to resolve his task. He cannot let external conditions exert influence upon the results of his thinking. Two times two is four-whether one likes it or not. One thinks only for the sake of one's idea. And thus art can only be created for its own sake. An idea is born; it must be molded, formulated, developed, elaborated, carried through and pursued to its very end."