I have been playing piano for about 10 years, and play a little guitar and flute. I have taken the plunge and got a violin, and plan to teach myself (I know some of you think that this is a bad idea!). However, I can`t seem to find any beginners books that don`t spend most of it explaining notation, key signatures, etc that I already know. Is there a book out there that is fairly comprehensive with finger positions, etc, that anyone can recommend? Or a DVD - not VHS because I don`t have a VCR anymore.

Thanks.

Good luck searching! About every violin book assumes that you know nothing about music. Your best bet is to just get a book and skip all the parts that are useless to you.

tony hawk teached me how to make music with a skateboard and a violin.HE SAYS THAT HE KNOWS HOW TO SLUR ON THE SKATEBOARD.

this is a chart of the figering of a violin for all of the people who know all ready how to read music whant to tand each them selvs;
THIS;--------------MEANS A STRING.

---------c#-c-b--a#-a-g#-G string
---------g#-g-f#-f--e-d#-D string
---------D#-d-c#-c--b-a#-A string
---------a#-a-g#-g--f#-f-E string

the name of the string are; G,D,A,and E.
In between each note there should be no space between each of your fingers.(i can`t explain more clearly. I hope it will help)

Thanks for that - that`s just the sort of help I was looking for!