The Violin Lesson -- A Manual for Teaching and Self-Teaching the Violin (Edition Peters)

I'm so happy I got all 4 of Simon Fischer Books. 1-The Basic, 2- The Violin Lesson, 3- Practice & 4- Scales. The books compliment each other, regardless of your learning level. I'm a beginner violin student. So far it has helped me finally begin to understand the bow hold. These books will help tremendously for those who are serious about learning the violin and or self teaching, to build a solid foundation along the journey of learning the violin. Fischer does a wonderful job of explaining in simple details with lots of photos to demonstrate. Thank You Simon for accomplished works. I highly recommend all of his books👍🏾

Excellent resource, both for pupils learning with a teacher and those who try to learn without a teacher.

I don't have time to take violin lessons right now in my life. Usually books and videos you find have you play something with a little sprinkling of advice about how to hold the violin and etc. I used the Suzuki books but they never went into any detail about proper bow holding, pressure, angle of the bow, etc. This book does that in spades.Also, if you are more interested in the violin for creativity (avant garde, jazz, , etc) rather than just classical playing this is amazing for that. Even in the first few pages of the first lesson I have drawn out some beautiful sound from the violin and felt more like the violin was doing what I was imagining rather than squeaks and grinding.

Love this book, and all of Fischer's books. They're so detailed. This will provide years of material to work and rework. Nothing beats one-on-one lessons, but this is pretty close if you're self-teaching on any level. And it certainly would supplement your in-person lessons, if you're taking them.

This book is a comprehensive volume on violin pedagogy. It includes history, exercises, anecdotes, and in-depth explanations of violin practice. I will be studying it for a very long time ...

Some people have analytic minds and can break down a skill into its smallest parts no matter how complicated. Simon Fischer has that kind of mind. Almost every possible topic related to the left and right hand is treated (except bariolage which I could not locate, but it’s a big book with loads of photo illustrations. When I saw it for the first time, I was afraid it would not stay open on a music stand, but since it was stitched in small segments, it does stay open. Very easy to understand and accessible in its tone. I recommend it highly.

The current bible for beginners and even better than his Violin Basics, though both overlap with each other. The consensus is to opt for The Violin Lesson over his Violin Basics, which one reviewer characterized as violin basics for the intermediate student.

The content of the book was great. The text contained commentary and suggestions for improvements for every problem I or my associates have been having.I could not find what kind of construction was used for the book. Why was it not possible to find if the book was spiral, paperback or hardcover. That was very strange and frustration. I received a paperback but would have purchase a hardcover, if I could have made and informed decision. I looked up the book numbers and didn't see the construction info nor any number to call.I could have given this book 4 or 5 stars if the description was complete.