Why an eBook instead of a printed book?

This book can be read on the screen of a PC, Mac, Kindle and any desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone, i.e. any device capable of showing PDF documents (Adobe Acrobat v.6.0 or later). The PDf file is also formatted for impeccable printing on Letter, A4 or A5 (two pages in an A4 sheet) paper.

These are the benefits of having an eBook compared to a ready-printed volume:

• PRICE: a fraction of the estimated price of a printed volume. (*)
• AVAILABILITY: an eBook is never out of print.
• SECURITY: the owner can make a backup copy, so that the eBook cannot be lost or stolen. Anyway, once the book has been purchased, the file can be re-downloaded if needed.
• PRINTING: if a printed volume is needed, the owner can print it from any home computer.
• COMPACTNESS: the chapters with Fingering Rules span only 64 pages, easy to print if needed.
• PORTABILITY: the owner can carry the book around in a laptop computer, smartphone, Kindle or any other portable device.
• REFERENCE: the owner interested in a particular topic can use the PDF reader's search features and quickly find all the references to the topic in the eBook.
• TIMELINESS: you buy the eBook, download it immediately and can begin reading it straight away.

(*) Accordingly, there are no plans to make this book available in printed form.

Note: some old versions of Acrobat Reader display a initial error message “This file uses a new format that this version of Acrobat does not support. It may not open or display correctly”. Nevertheless, this eBook has been tested in all Acrobat versions from 6.0 (launched in 2003) onwards, and it displays and prints flawlessly and identically in any of them.