Renowned violin instructor Ivan Galamian shares his innovative methods in this comprehensive text. This fundamental guide succinctly conveys his "ingenious and logical" approach to violin mastery and is an essential tool for teachers and students of all skill levels.

Celebrated instructor presents his philosophy of teaching and practice methods, including appropriate combination of technique and interpretation. Incorporates aspects of both the Russian and French schools in an ingenious and logical system.

(Amadeus). Itzhak Perlman, Kennedy, Midori, and Sarah Chang were among Dorothy Delay's students during her five decades as a violin teacher at Juilliard. For more than ten years, the author was granted access to DeLay's classes and lessons at Juilliard and the Aspen Music Festival and School, and this book reveals DeLay's deep intuition of each student's needs. An exploration of the mysteries of teaching and learning, it includes a feast of anecdotes about an extraordinary character.