9 best beyond violins

Product description

Mendini by Cecilio MV-Purple solid wood violin package is perfect for students and beginners. Every violin is inspected by technicians at Cecilio's distribution center in the United States to ensure that their high quality standards are met.

• ELEGANT DESIGN: As beautiful as most stringed musical instruments, this purple violin has a hand-carved spruce top with maple back and sides. A finish of metallic purple varnish, maple fingerboard, chin rest and an alloy tailpiece with 4 fine tuner.
• 4/4 VIOLIN LEARNING KIT INCLUDES: 1 bow, extra set of violin strings, 2 violin bridges, a quality rosin, adjustable shoulder rest with padding and soft rubber feet, clip-on tuner, and lightweight hard case with pockets, backpack and shoulder straps.
• BASIC TECHNIQUE: Set includes a Violin First Lesson book with instruction on basic techniques and lessons on how to read music. Also, a companion download (available online) has exercises and pieces recorded with solo violin and piano accompaniment.
• GREAT VIOLIN FOR BEGINNERS: This fiddle kit is a great beginner violin for any student who has dreams of playing music. These stringed musical instruments include all the necessities to start playing while remaining an economical investment.
• HANDLE WITH CARE: The violin for kids, like most band & orchestra musical instruments, is delicate. Please note the bridge will not be setup to avoid damage during shipping. NOTE: Tuning pegs must be handled with care and pushed in when adjusting.

User questions & answers

Question:	Does this come with the accesories in the picture
Answer:	Everything that is in the picture comes in the case.
Question:	If my daughter is 10, what size should I get
Answer:	To find out the correct size your daughter need, you will have to measure her arm length from neck to mid-palm with her arm is fully extended and raised perpendicular to her body, just like holding a violin. Here's the chart for the Arm length vs the sizes:23" => 4/422" => 3/420" => 1/218 1/2" => 1/416 1/2" => 1/815" => 1/1014" => 1/1613" = > 1/32
Question:	Would this 1/4 fit a small 7 year old
Answer:	5 -7 yrs about 18"arm span 1/47-9yrs about 20"arm span 1/2
Question:	Can this be used as a fiddle
Answer:	The bridge is the difference. A fiddle is a violin with a flatter bridge and a violin with a rounded bridge is played in the classic style and just called violin. Fiddle, as some mentioned is related to folk, country western, zydeco, bluegrass, folksy types of music. This is because the flatter bridge allows one to play chords more easily by making it easier to bow two or more strings at once. Whereas a standard violin with rounded bridge is easier to bow single notes as one would in an orchestral setting.

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Created by Joni and Friends Christian Institute on Disability. Beyond Suffering Leaders Guide is a 2 DVD and CD–ROM set that offers teaching resources for use with the Beyond Suffering Study Guide. Inside this case you’ll find a complete leaders guide, 16 lesson plans, introductory videos for each course module, case studies from the award–winning Joni and Friends Television Episodes and much more!

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Mendini violin is completely hand-carved with a solid spruce top and maple back and sides. It is fitted with a maple fingerboard, pegs, and chin rest, and an alloy tailpiece with four integrated fine tuners. This violin includes a lightweight form fitting hard, a Brazilwood bow with unbleached genuine Mongolian horsehair, rosin, bridge, and an extra set of violin strings, making this package ideal for beginners.

• MUSIC INSTRUMENTS FOR KIDS & ADULTS: This fiddle kit is a great beginner violin for any student, young or old. These adults and kids violin set includes all the necessities to start learning how to play.
• ELEGANT DESIGN: As beautiful as most stringed musical instruments for kids, this ebony violin has a solid wood hand-carved spruce top; maple back, neck and sides with a beautiful finish; and an alloy tailpiece with 4 built-in fine tuners.
• STARTER VIOLIN KIT INCLUDES: Available in several sizes including 3/4 violin and 4/4 violin, the kit also has 1 bow, extra violin strings, a quality rosin, adjustable shoulder rest with padding and rubber feet, and lightweight hard case with straps.
• THE RIGHT SIZE: To measure which size violin is best, measure from the neck to the middle of your left-hand palm (as if holding an invisible violin in straight outstretched arm). Consult table below.
• HANDLE WITH CARE: The student violin, like most band & orchestra musical instruments, is delicate. Please note the bridge will not be setup to avoid damage during shipping. NOTE: Tuning pegs must be handled with care and pushed in when adjusting.

User questions & answers

Question:	What is the difference in sizes between 1/4 1/2 and 4/4 Am thinking of getting one, just not sure about the size
Answer:	No case or gig bag but the stand and tuner are both good. It's a great banjo!
Question:	Hello, I am a Double Bass player in my school orchestra. I am new to the violin, and wanted to know if the bridge/strings will be placed already? Thx
Answer:	I tried this tuning to see, but the 1st string would break before it got to an "e" so I was not successful
Question:	What size is for children
Answer:	Yes, standard ukulele tuning. GCEA
Question:	Is this a real violin for a twelve year old starting to play or is it a toy
Answer:	14-3/4"

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Mendini MV300 Violin

The Mendini MV300 violin has an impressive quality for the price, and is a remarkably affordable option for students who have never played the violin before and want to try it out for the first time. The MV300 produces a warm and clear sound that is simple and easy to work with, and comes with an outfit that provides students with everything they will need to get started. Both of our Mendini MV200 and Mendini MV300 violins have the same specifications and quality, but they differ in the type of finish used and the character of sound each one produces. The MV300 has a mellow and warm tone with a soft satin varnish finish to match, and the MV200 has a bright and vibrant tone and finish.

How to choose violin sizes

Violins are available in 8 different sizes: 4/4 (also called full size), 3/4, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/10, 1/16 and 1/32. Size 4/4 is the biggest and size 1/32 is the smallest. All adults, regardless of their size, use the size 4/4 violin.

To measure what size violin best suits you, you need to know the length between your neck and the middle of your left-hand palm (when your hand is fully extended and raised perpendicular to your body, just like holding a violin). Most of the teachers prefer students to use the length from the neck to the wrist for measurement instead of the neck to mid-palm approach. The violin size determined by the neck/wrist approach would be the size that is more comfortable for students to hold. The violin size determined by the neck/mid-palm approach would be the biggest size students should use. The following table lists the length of each violin size. Find your length using your preferred approach and use that to determine the size of violin to get.

If you have a teacher, you should ask for your teacher's recommendation. If you don't have a teacher, we would recommend using the neck/wrist approach for students not using full size; for students who are deciding whether to used size 3/4 or size 4/4, use the neck/mid-palm approach. This is because it is always better those students feeling comfortable holding and playing the violin. However, while deciding between size 3/4 and size 4/4, if neck/mid-palm approach allows for size 4/4, then buying a size 4/4 is more economical since you don't have to buy another bigger size violin later. This is completely based on economical consideration. You should still decide what best suits your need.

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Acclaimed Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos makes his Decca Classics debut with the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas.



A young artist of rare quality, Leonidas Kavakos won the Sibelius Violin Competition in 1985, when still in his teens and, three years later, the Paganini Competition.



Often described as the violinists violinist, Der Tagesspiegel wrote that Kavakos has quite possibly the most beautiful violin tone imaginable.



He has appeared with conductors including Riccardo Chailly, Valery Gergiev and Ivan Fischer, and with the worlds major orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Gewandhausorchester, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.



A committed chamber musician and recitalist, he is a favored artist at the Edinburgh, Montreux, Salzburg and Verbier festivals.



Leonidas Kavakos will perform the Beethoven sonata cycle in venues across Europe in 2013.