Klaus Weber Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Does anyone have an opinion about this new book?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_A Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 I haven't seen/heard anything about it. Amazon didn't appear to have it -- where did you hear about it, and do you have an ISBN for it? His "Basics" is a very good reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Weber Posted December 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 I saw it at Edition Peters` website, when searching for something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillnew Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 I've seen it recommended a couple of times in violinist.com - there might have been a short description on why the person thought it was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_A Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 http://www.edition-peters.com/pdf%20for%20website.pdf Ack -- $55.00! Probably it's worth it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Victor Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 It's been months since I e-mailed Peters about it, but I've heard nothing yet. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_A Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 Companies that provide an email address and then don't get back in a timely manner (within a day, in my book), just don't get it. VERY annoying. IMNSHO they should not provide an email address if they're not going to respond quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violinerrrz Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 It took me about 8 months to get my copy of basics from peters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartviolin Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 That's a very good book. Also, I've been spending more time than I should at www.violinmasterclass.com - awesome videos about violin technique, and it's free - no waiting for slow publishers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillnew Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 Quote: That's a very good book. Also, I've been spending more time than I should at www.violinmasterclass.com - awesome videos about violin technique, and it's free - no waiting for slow publishers! Linking this to the subject at hand, namely practising, there are two thing I really like on that site. The first is that a technique is broken down into smaller units of complexity which are then taught individually. The second is the instruction to "practise this for 10 minutes a day". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Weber Posted December 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 In fact, my "Basics" book came just today - and I ordered it 5 months ago. So, right now, I feel that I don't want to wait a probably longer time to a more unknown and more expensive book... Instead, I need to... "practice". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillnew Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 Do share your impressions, please. I got my copy from the local classical music store because a customer had recommended they stock copies - thanks to this wise person, mine was available immediately. My forehead is still sore from slapping it when I saw the "expanded knuckles" page for roominess in the left hand. That's what my hand looked like over a year ago before I "fixed" it because the fingers weren't nicely lined up. I had asked about it: was told it wasn't wrong, but being a perfectionist decided that meant it wasn't right either. In fact, it was more than right. Had I had Basics then, I would have understood what I was doing and what to leave alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellicottcity Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 I just did an internet search and found that the book can be ordered from Metzler Violins. It is $55.00. Try this website: http://www.metzlerviolins.com/detail.php?ID=ZVNFIS2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyes Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 I agree with what you said about businesses giving out their email addresses but not responding. This happens with people a lot and is equally annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karla Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 From the sample, it doesn't appear to be very geared to rank beginners. At what stage in learning does one benefit really from this book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techfiddle Posted December 25, 2004 Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 Quote: http://www.metzlerviolins.com/detail.php?ID=ZVNFIS2 Thanks for the link; this new SF book looks really worth having. For issues of practicing, I also highly recommend Malva Freymuth's Mental Practice & Imagery for Musicians. Freymuth (DMA, piano) writes from the perspective of "mindfulness" - breathing, meditation, awareness. There are so many useful ideas in this book; it's not light reading. T.F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillnew Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 On the site, I found this part of the description intriguing: "Some are ways of trying to cause yourself problems, so that afterwards what you actually have to do feels easier." In a strange way this makes a lot of sense to me, and it seems to indicate a flexible and innovative mind behind the book. As I am working through a lot of misconceptions in my own playing, I do indeed sometimes make a problem worse on purpose or do the extreme opposite of what I am doing at the moment to see where it leads with a goal of course of finding the elusive golden path to improvement that sometimes opens itself in unexpected places. One thing for certain, I hadn't a clue as to how one effectively practises. It seems a neglected concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_A Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Would one of you who has the book in hand please post the ISBN? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Earlier today the Metzler link loaded only partially then just hung there. I also went to the home page & the search function hangs as well. At one point the link & home page wouldn’t load at all. Maybe the site crashed after getting stampeded by a bunch of rabid Maestronetters! Sheetmusicplus has Simon Fischer’s ‘Practice’, $55 with about a 3-4 week waiting period: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/store/smp_...e=Sheet%20Music (I’m pretty sure they’re equipped to handle the Practice-hungry masses) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andres Sender Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 I called Peterson directly when I ordered Basics, I'm sure you can do the same for 'Practice'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davet Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 This is an old thread but I was reading Strad magazine and really enjoyed the monthly articles by Simon Fischer. I already have the Basics book so I thought I would look into the Practice book. I found the various links to Metzler as well as Googling the ISBN and came up with the same $60 price tag as mentioned above. I then checked the Strad/Orpheus site and found that both books are currently at half price - 14 GBP / about $30. Since this is a book I don't need right away and I was interested in a copy of some of the posters, I ordered it. Hopefully it won't be the 5 month wait that others experienced although I'm still waiting on some posters I ordered in early December 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassi Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Hi! there are two threads on this, so i am posting it both places! Shar lists Basics and Practice both...i got my copy of Basics from them, got it in a few days! unfortunately, Practice is out of stock right now, but when it is available, you should be able to get it with much less drama than from those other places! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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