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Created by Gabriel A. Villasurda


   

String Pedagogy Links

Bass Lesson Project:   http://members.aol.com/dspondike/basslesson.html

Connie's Violin Page:   http://beststudentviolins.com/Home.html           

Foundation for the Advancement of String Education: www.fase.org/
The Bornoff movement  

String Pedagogy Notebook: http://www.uvm.edu/~mhopkins/string/Michael Hopkins’ pioneering site  

Suzuki Association of the Americas: www.suzukiassociation.org/
Suzuki Violin Teachers Central:  http://www.suzuki-violin.com/
Violin Masterclass:  http://www.violinmasterclass.com/

Highly informative, great video clips, graded lists, SUPER!
The Violin Site:  http://www.theviolinsite.com/index.html
Wonderfully comprehensive, video clips, practice guides, etc.

Violin Tips:   http://www.violintips.com/
Violin Online:   http://www.violintutor.com/
Robin Deverich’s comprehensive site


General Links

American String Teachers Association:  www.astaweb.com

Bass Links: http://www.gollihur.com/kkbass/basslink.html
Bob Gollihur’s exhaustive list of resources

Cellists' Gateway to the Net:  www.cello.org

International Society of Bassists: www.isbworldoffice.com/

Guild of American Luthiers:  www.luth.org/

Internet Cello Society: http://www.cello.org/

MENC:  www.menc.org/

Minnesota Resources Page:http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/music/k-12music/#orchestra

Viola Web Site:  www.viola.com/

Computer Aids

Free software tuner for PC/Mac:  http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/%7Etuner/tuner_e.html

On-line violin tuner:  http://www.get-tuned.com/violin_tuner.php
Tone generator to aid tuning open strings

Laidman & Katsura:  http://www.rustykat.com/
Useful shareware software for pitch improvement. Modest charges; well worth the cost.

Hitsquad Musician Network:  http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/
Shareware music software

Chat Groups/Forums


Canadian String Forums:  http://www.violins.on.ca/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi

Orchestra Open Forum:   http://www.menc.org/networks/orchestra/openforum/wwwboard.htm
MENC's Orchestra Chat Group

Suzuki Xchange, SAA's Chat Group: http://www.suzukiassociation.org/suzukiforum/

Viva Network:  http://forums.abrsm.org/index.php?showforum=14
String Chat Group from the UK