Ultimate Beginner Series, Cello

Starring:Ultimate Beginner Series
Studio: Warner Brothers Pub.
Product Type: DVD

Product Description

The Ultimate Beginner Series has helped thousands of aspiring musicians their first steps towards experiencing the fun of playing music. Now you can experience both volume 1 and volume 2 together for the first time on DVD! This disc is perfect for beginning students, students who are changing to another instrument, o r as a refresher for players returning to the instrument after many years. Special Features Include: *Getting To Know The Instruments Feature *Beginning Music Theory Interactive *Additional Video Tip: Forming Major Scales *Printable Reference Materials *Additional Product Previews.

Customer Reviews:

Pop quiz.......2007-07-03

Have you:

1. Seen a cello before?
2. Seen someone else play the cello?

If you answered "yes" to both of these, your knowledge of the cello is already too advanced to gain anything from this DVD. There is almost nothing of substance in this "lesson", and the tiny amount of actual information present is repeated endlessly over a period of thirty minutes. I'm not sure if she (Or he? I'm actually a little confused about that) is used to teaching very small children or the mentally handicapped, but for any person of even moderate intelligence this lesson moves at a maddeningly slow pace.

Self taught Cello.......2007-05-29

Purchased this DVD to try to teach myself to play Cello. I is a good intro but I found that a teacher is required.

Pretty Good Actually.......2006-03-06

I actually found this video very helpful. I have used it as an additional aid for showing my beginning students how to hold the cello and the bow, estimate the best size of instrument etc. Since they can examine footage of an experienced cellist as she plays, they can glean subtle details about posture, hand position, etc. that they won't easily get from a book or website. I am a man teaching only female students (so far). Since my hands, legs, etc., are much larger than theirs, it is not always helpful for me to simply show them how I hold the bow or how I rest the cello between my legs. One reviewer felt that the lessons are too basic: I recommend re-examining words such as "ultimate" and "beginner" in the video's title - with a dictionary close at hand!

Worthless........2005-07-21

One silly lesson on a dvd ? Why ? This was an absolute waste of money.
If lessons 2 - onward have to come from a book or
something els than don't bother with this DVD. Check the
internet out and get more than this offers.

Refund please?.......2004-12-18

This DVD was extremely short and simple...a little too simple. The information given was the kind that you can get searching for the word "cello" on the internet....seriously. I have read through many cello sites and they were more informative and INTERESTING than this DVD.

This DVD is NOT worth the 20 dollars. Might as well invest in a cello instructor.

This is the worst DVD I've ever purchased.

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