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ABCs of Strings by Janice Tucker Rhoda*

Accessories
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  • Chinrests
  • Chromatic Tuner/Metronome
  • Dampit
  • Electronics
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  • Administration of Postsecondary Music Departments
    Adult Music Student Reading List
    Advanced Chamber Music Literature
    Advanced Piano Literature
    Advanced Violin and Viola Literature
    Airtravel with Violin/Viola
    Kimberly Amato's Official Website*

    Amusements
  • Culture Test
  • You might be a theory geek if . . .
  • Toby Appel's Guide to the Orchestra
  • Connie's Favorite Recipes for Teachers

    Audio Recording Students (How to)
    Autoharp*

    B
    J.S. Bach: Music | Recordings | Books | Links
    Bai LiXing, handmade violins*
    Barbara Barber books and CD's
    Amy Barlowe, String Pedagogical Materials
    Baroque Resources

    Basses
  • Bass Outfits
  • Bass Only
  • Bass Bows
  • Bass Cases | Bags

    Amy Beach Collector
    Beethoven Concerto: Time Line for the Interpreters of
    Beethoven Violin Concerto

    Beginning Suzuki Guitar
  • Guitar Outfits for Lessons
  • Required Materials
  • Print Outs
  • Further Study
  • Guitar Sizes
  • Common Chords
  • Teacher's Resume
  • Guitar Tuner
  • More Guitars & Literature

    BestStudentViolins.com



    Bobelock icon
    Shaped Cases
    Half Moon Cases
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    "Smart Bags": Violin and Viola Case Covers

    Bookstores

    Bows
  • "Advancing" Level Violin Bows
  • Dörfler Violin, Viola and Cello bows
  • Klaus and Richard Grünke Fine bows
  • Luxury Violin Bows
  • Glasser Bows
  • Cello Bows
  • Bass Bows
  • Bow Cases




    C
    CafePress CafePress
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    Personal Accessories with Unique Designs:
    Tees, Music Totes, Caps, Cups, Electronics

    Cage, John
    Careers in Music

    Cases
  • Bass Cases
  • Bobelock Violin & Viola Cases
  • Bow Cases
  • Cello Cases
  • Combination Cases
  • Core Violin & Viola Cases
  • Double Violin/Viola
  • Double Violin/Violin
  • Double Violin/Mandolin
  • GEWA Violin Cases
  • Luxury Violin Cases
  • Quad Violin Cases
  • "Smart Bags": Violin and Viola Case Covers
  • GEWA Cello bags

    CD Sheet music: Violin, Piano, Guitar, Choral, Opera

    Cellos
  • Cello Outfits
  • Cello Only
  • Cellos ($2,200 and up)
  • Cello Cases
  • Cello Bows
  • GEWA Cello bags

    Characteristics of a Good Private Teacher

    Chamber Music with Piano

    Children's Fiction: Strings
  • Picturebooks and Easy Readers
  • Chapter Books for Younger Elementary Children
  • Fiction for Teens

    Common String Articulations
    Complete Quartets: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
    Composers' Corner, Original arrangements and new works by contemporary composers
    for solo violin, viola or string ensemble


    Concertos
  • Student Violin Concertos
  • Viola Concertos

    Conducting, Score Reading books
    Contemporary Musicology
    Culture Test


    D

    Dampits
  • About Humidity
  • Availability
  • Instructions

    Discussion Lists

    Duets:
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  • Violin/Viola,
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  • Violin/Cello,
  • Viola/Cello,
  • Violin/Guitar,
  • Unusual Combination of Instruments
  • Easy Violin/Piano Duets

    E
    Early History of the Violin
    Easy Chamber Music
    Education and Ecstasy: Book Review
    Elitism versus Popularism in Music Education
    Errata in Etudes
    Essays in String Pedagogy

    F
    Fake Books


    FamilyFriendlySites.com*

    FAQ (Violin/Viola)
  • Learning & Techniques
  • Violin Care & Specs
  • Auditions & Gigs

    Fiddle page - music, books, notes New!
    Films, music
    Fingerboard Charts: Violin/Viola
    FRAUD against Music Teachers
    Free Downloads of Music Documents - Violin pedagogy, music history & theory

    Free Music
  • Free Anime
  • Free Guitar Music
  • Free Sheet Music
  • Free Viola Music
  • Free Violin Music
    G
    Rabin,Galamian,Szigeti

    Ivan Galamian
    (1903-1981)


    Geminiani

    Glasser Bows
  • "X" SERIES
  • Advanced Composite
  • Carbon Graphite
  • Braided Carbon Fiber

    Glenn Gould Collector
    Grout History of Western Music: Outlines and Time Lines
    Guide to Music History/Theory Placement Exams
    Toby Appel's Guide to the Orchestra


    Guitar, Mandolin and Banjo

    H
    Piano pedagogical materials by Maurice Hinson
    John Holt page
    How can I get my child to practice
    How to Play Violin, Clayton Haslop*
    How to Record Students

    I
    ICSOM Orchestra budgets
    Index to Ear Training & Musicology Resources
    Informal Surveys

    Internet Resources for Violin/Viola Students
  • Anime (free)
  • Sheet Music (free)
  • Guitar Music (free)
  • String Resources
  • Viola Resources
  • Scales
  • Finger Positions
  • Links
  • Jazz and Blues Violin
  • Gypsy Fiddle
  • Rock
    J
    Jazz Piano

    K

    John Krakenberger, String Pedagogy Pages*

    L
    Leonardo
    Lesson Fees: Comprehensive evaluations of private lesson fees, worldwide
    Links
    Little Crown Productions
    Luthier Directory

    M
    Andrew Manze Collector
    Master Level Violins, Violas and Bows
    Math/Music/Literacy Curriculum Unit

    Media
    Complete Quartets
    100 Favorite Recordings
    Music in Films
    Theory & String Articulations
    Andrew Manze Collector
    Amy Beach Collector
    Perlman Collector
    Glenn Gould Collector

    Michelangelo
    Midsummer Music, String Quartets, Trios and Duos for weddings, dinners and corporate events
    throughout England, Wales and Scotland*
    MP3 Files: Tonality, Meter, String Articulations
    MusicClassroom.com, Online music lessons and free sheet music* New!
    Music Education Resources
    Music History/Theory Guide to Studying for Placement Tests
    Music Links
    Musicology Resources
    Music Teachers Helper*
    N
    Non-Traditional String Sound Resources
    Notation Texts

    O
    Old World Stringed Instruments Exquisite copies of master violins, available at the Beginners Level, Intermediate Level, and Advanced Level
  • Student Violin Outfits | Violin Only
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  • Student Cello Outfits | Cello Only
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  • Orchestral Discipline
    Orchestra Etiquette and Protocol
    Orchestral Etiquette and Protocol (Printable Version)

    P
    pdf Files: Free printouts
    Perlman Collector
    Piano, Viola, Cello books
    Pinky Pads
    Joseph Pizinger

    Portraits of Anomaly

    Practice
  • How Much do Professional Players Practice?
  • Practice Survey
  • Practice Books/Charts

    Practice books on Kindle
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    Pre-College Prep
    Press kit (development of)
    Private Lesson No-No's
    Professional Organizations for String Players
    Professional Practice SURVEY
    Public Domain Materials for Intermediate Violin and Viola Students


    Q

    R
    Reader Feedback
    Recordings (100 Favorite)
    Research Tools
    Royal Canadian (RCM) Examination Materials

    S
    Budget Student Outfits
    From SAGA

    Without question, the best budget instrument you can buy
    at this price point.
    Great for Schools and Rental Programs - 10% off orders over $1,000
    SV-175 Violin Outfit
    SVA-175 Viola Outfit
    SC-175 Cello Outfit
    SB-2 Bass Outfit


    Franz Sandner Violins, Violas and Cellos

    Scales
  • Handout: Violin/Viola, Piano - 3 octave scale fingerings
    Makeup of Major and Minor Scales
    Identifying Key Signatures
    • Method for Memorizing Fingerings - Violin | Piano
  • Handout: Analysis of Carl Flesch Scale System
  • John Krakenberger: Galamian Scale System - Methodology
  • Two Octave Major and Minor scales for violin, viola, cello and bass
  • Free one- to three-octave Printable Violin and Viola Scales
  • Violin Scale Books
  • Viola Scale Books
  • Piano Scale Books

    Scores
    Sheetmusic: Violin, Viola, Piano
    Sight Reading for Rehearsal & Auditions

    Size charts: Guitar, Viola, Violin
    Slonimsky, Nicolas
    Solfége
    Sound Feelings Publishing: Classroom Supplies,Violin Fingerboard Charts, Slide-A-Note music classroom posters

    Sound Files
    Piano: Major Scales, Minor Scales, Modal, Chromatic
    Chords: Triads, 7th Chords
    Intervals, Consonance and Dissonance
    Violin/Viola: Meter, Articulations, Timbre

    String Pedagogy Materials::
    Barbara Barber; Amy Barlowe;
    Janice Tucker Rhoda (ABCs);
    William & Constance Starr;
    Kerstin Wartberg

    String Teachers Questionnaire
    String-related Listservs
    Student Violins

    Study Guides
  • Music History/Theory Guide to Studying for Placement Tests
  • Grout History of Western Music: Outlines and Time Lines

    Summer Music Camps & Festivals

    Surveys
  • New Students - Initial Interview [SURVEY OPEN]
  • Lesson Fees: Comprehensive evaluations of private lesson fees (violin, viola, piano), worldwide. Updated! [SURVEY OPEN]
  • Further Discussion: Contemporary Musicology
  • How Much do Professional Players Practice?
  • Practice Survey: What are your practice habits?
  • Characteristics of a Good Private Teacher [SURVEY OPEN]
  • What Students want from their Private Teachers [SURVEY OPEN]
  • Private Lesson No-No's
  • String Teachers' Questionnaire

    Survival Guide for String Parents and Students
  • Tips on Purchasing Instruments
  • Buying versus Renting
  • Care of Orchestral Instruments
  • Orchestral Etiquette
  • Suzuki books

    Suzuki Reading List

    T
    Tartini
    Teacher Directory - BestStudentViolins.com

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    Teacher Resources
    Teachers Specials
    Theory and Ear Training texts
    You might be a theory geek if . . .
    Theory notes - Printable Version
    Theory: Classification of cadences
    Theory: Modes
    Trade-in Policy

    Trios:
  • Violin Trios
  • Trios with Viola

    Two Essays on the Development of Student Orchestras
  • Orchestra Etiquette and Protocol
  • Orchestral Discipline

    U
    Undergraduate Audition issues and Sample Audition materials

    V
    Viola Resources

    Violas
    Viola Outfits:
  • Peccard - $365.00
  • Jocelyn - $455.00
  • Rosalia - $500.00
  • Budget Student Viola Outfit from SAGA
  • Violin Outfit SALE

    Viola Only:
  • Lorenzo - $1,152.00
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  • Luciano - $1,872.00
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  • Giovanni - $2,520.00
  • Bassi - $3,600.00
  • Hellier - $5,280.00

    Violin and Books* by Mayra Calvani
    Violin Pedagogy & the Adolescent Student
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    Violin, Viola, Piano Method Books & Literature

    Violin/Viola FAQ
  • Learning & Techniques
  • Violin Care & Specs
  • Auditions & Gigs

    Violin/Viola Fingerboard Charts
    Violinist Library
    Violinists/Violists on the Web

    Violins
    Violin Outfits:
  • SV-175 from Saga - $185.00
  • Peccard - $285.00
  • Jocelyn - $365.00
  • Rosalia - $500.00
  • K500 - $560.00
  • K525 - $545.00

    Violin Only:
  • K550 - $579.00
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  • K575 - $785.00
  • HC602 - $1,125.00

  • Violin Outfit SALE

    Step-up & Pro Violins:
  • Lorenzo - $895.00
  • Kauffman - $1,152.00
  • Luciano - $1,560.00
  • Maggini - $2,040.00
  • Giovanni - $2,280.00
  • Bassi - $2,880.00
  • Bartalli - $4,000.00
  • Patini - $4,800.00
  • Hellier - $4,560.00
  • Romanian Violins
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  • Franz Sandner Violins


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