Sevcik: Violin Studies Opus 1 Part 1 School of Technique Paperback – 1 Feb 2001

I changed a little while ago to a new violin teacher & she recommended this book. My God, am I glad she did!! This book has transformed my violin playing even after just 2 weeks of using it. My intonation is the biggest improvement I am so am grateful for! Secondly, my left hand finger technique has become SO much more confident & accurate. Up until now, my left hand was always very tense & awkward-looking but this book has helped so much. I kept trying & failing before I started to be able to play these properly but what I learnt was that you can't play these as you're supposed to unless you are playing them properly. So the exercises quite literally remold your hand, if you keep at them, and as you start getting them right. And once you start getting an exercise you wonder why you found it so hard to begin with...until you move onto the next one & you have to start upgrading your left hand all over again! Consistently practice & get a few of these exercises under your belt. Then play a piece of your choice - you'll hear a significant improvement quite quickly!

Our Vioiln teacher recommended it. Early days but so far so good.