This DVD includes helpful tips for choosing a violin; use of peg paste; and use of resin on the bow; the parts of the violin and bow and how to hold and position them; tuning; bowing technique; reading music notation; playing tunes with open strings; plucking; left hand fingering and scales; playing a simple tune; vibrato; major and minor scales and the Dorian mode; counting time.

Jools Holland introduces this DVD, which is presented by - and concludes in a performance by - Ric Sanders.