I bought this book together with Violin for dummies (which was excellent, well written and motivating). This book on the other hand, almost bored me to death. There was nothing in it I wanted to play (I had already learned the scales in a better way from violin for dummies). The soundtracks are really cheesy and even though I'm a seasoned musician (only not on violin) I could never figure out what beat they tried to suggest. I plowed through this book in two days, and will never open it again.