eMedia My Violin - Learn at Home

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I decided to try my hand at teaching myself violin. I read a lot of internet posts that stated that the violin was very difficult and nearly impossible to teach to yourself. This software makes all those posts absolutely false. The lessons are really easy to follow, the ability to watch a video showing how to play the lesson, than you can see exactly what stings to use and what finger placement. I have moved through the lessons and really feel myself getting better. I would highly recommend this software to anyone wanting to learn the violin. Dont be fooled by the age posted on the box. I am 25 and find this program teaches me in progressive way. One thing I would recommend to go with this is the bow right devise. It helps keep my bow on course and in the right zone. Not having an instuctor to help me means I need all the help I can get keeping the right posture and control. Just my thoughts.

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Hello, I am 25 and just learning the violin. I have a Lenovo laptop with Windows 8. This product installed perfectly fine. I have it on my laptop so I can stream it onto my TV. The hardest thing I have to deal with is clicking for something to play and then hurrying to get my hands right on my violin. However, that doesnt change my rating of it. Its still a great product and is ideal for a team (one person clicking, one person playing). I havent finished all the lessons yet, but Im over halfway. I wanted something that I could do on my own to see if I could even do it. I didnt want to invest in an instructor and waste time figuring out my skill level. Ill hopefully acquire an instructor once I have all the basics down.

SOME PARTS IS OMG REALLY..WELL IT DOES HELP I SAY IF YOUR LIKE ME AND KNOW HOW TO PLAY NOTHING

Im leaving this one up to my daughter she knows more about it. She thinks ithis tem is great, makes it easier then just teaching from what she remembers.

Originally, I could not get this to install on my mac x10.7 but I was able to get it to run on my Win7 system. However, I recently found a solution that would allow me to install the latest version from the manufacturers website: [...] which did work and actually runs and looks better on the mac than on the PC. My only remaining problem is that since I have a macbook air, I need a CD rom drive for the software to access the video clips. So now Im having to look at buying an $80 superdrive to use the software but other mac users that have built in CD drives shouldnt have this problem. Another problem that has been resolved is the Val character is talking now rather than just sitting there blinking. Shes still a little slow to get started talking when you first begin a lesson but eventually she will read the words on the screen. I still think the games in this package will be very helpful to my daughter in learning to read music regardless of whether it is for violin or any other instrument. I have yet to work with my 5 year old with the software but am looking forward to being able to do this. At the moment I have high hopes that she will enjoy and get something out of this software. Suggestions to emedia on their next version would be to upgrade the graphics even further, add subtitles to the video because its difficult to understand the instructor who has a thick german accent, and perhaps do a little more with Val to help keep the kids interest levels up. On a side note, Amazon shipping was much faster than usual on this item. Id ordered it on a Saturday and it arrived the following Monday. Incredible delivery speed! Thanks Amazon.

I just got my copie of My Violin today in the mail. After playing with the program for about 3-4 hours, I have to say I LOVE! it. I am 31 years old, and Im just now begining to learn the violin. I have had no priore contact with reading music or ever playing it before , which is why I picked this program. It was ment to be use for children 6 and up, and my only thought was, Hey if a 6 year old can learn to play violin off this, then maybe I can as well. The program is truly simple to follow, easy to understand, mixes video and visual componates at EVERY step, and passivly teaches you how to read music and learn rythm. The instructor obviously loves teaching and is very friendly and easy to understand. It is a bit childish in its content, how ever it was designed for children! as an adult beginner i realy recomend this program not only for kids, but anyone who may have a hard time learning. The use of games to help remember the lessons and the use of video help was ingeniouse. This program gets a full set of 5 stars from me. *****

I have always wanted to learn to play the violin, and happened to recently recieve one.

The software seems good so far. I bought this for my 9 year old with her first violin. The lessons are easy to follow, and it has feedback through the microphone which helps you tune the violin. You can tell it is an older software, windows dont expand to full screen and graphics are dated, but it is a good learning tool.