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| Foolish Assumptions |
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| Icons Used in This Book |
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| Beyond the Book |
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| Where to Go from Here |
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PART 1 SO YOU WANT TO PLAY THE VIOLIN |
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Chapter 1 Introducing the Violin |
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Meeting the String Family |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (1) |
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Looking closely at the bow |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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Making Music with or without Notation |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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Digging Deeper into Music |
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Scales and key signatures |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 Getting Started with the Violin |
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16 | (3) |
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String vibration and string length |
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Using both hands to make a sound |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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Unpacking Your Violin and Putting It Away Safely |
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21 | (2) |
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Taking the violin out of its case |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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Getting Your Violin in Tune |
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Working the pegs and fine tuners |
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24 | (4) |
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28 | (1) |
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Using an electronic tuner |
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Getting close with a pitch pipe |
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Finding A with a tuning fork |
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Troubleshooting Guide to Dealing with Pegs and Fine Tuners |
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33 | (4) |
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33 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 Holding Up Well |
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37 | (14) |
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Understanding the Importance of a Good Violin Hold |
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37 | (5) |
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38 | (3) |
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41 | (1) |
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Reading from a Music Stand |
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42 | (1) |
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Finding a Good Fit: Chinrests and Shoulder Rests |
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43 | (5) |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (2) |
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Fixing Common Problems with the Violin Hold |
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48 | (3) |
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Keeping the scroll afloat |
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48 | (1) |
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Watching the horizontal angle |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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PART 2 GETTING STARTED: THE BASICS |
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51 | (54) |
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53 | (16) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (4) |
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Tightening and loosening the horsehair |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (2) |
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Getting to Grips with Your Bow Hold |
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59 | (3) |
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59 | (1) |
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The hidden treasures method |
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60 | (2) |
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Conquering common problems with the bow hold |
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62 | (1) |
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62 | (3) |
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Bowing on different strings |
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63 | (2) |
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Understanding bowing symbols |
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65 | (1) |
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Playing Your First Concert |
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65 | (2) |
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Bowing in the Styles of Mr. Smooth and Mr. Clean |
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67 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Getting the Left Hand Right |
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69 | (18) |
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Shaping Up Your Arm and Fingers |
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69 | (5) |
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Getting your arm in shape |
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70 | (1) |
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Taking your fingers to tap dancing class |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (1) |
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Putting Your Fingers on the Strings |
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74 | (2) |
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Getting groovy fingertips |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
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Knowing which finger to use for what note |
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76 | (1) |
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Lifting and placing your fingers |
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76 | (1) |
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Taping Training Wheels on the Fingerboard |
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76 | (4) |
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80 | (2) |
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82 | (5) |
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Chapter 6 All Together Now |
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All Together Now: Putting Both Hands to Work |
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87 | (4) |
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Getting into playing position |
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88 | (1) |
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Practicing with hands together |
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88 | (3) |
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Crossing Over to a Different String |
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91 | (7) |
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Changing strings with the bow |
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91 | (4) |
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Moving your fingers to different strings |
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95 | (3) |
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Playing Music with Both Hands |
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98 | (3) |
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98 | (2) |
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Topping the charts: Two simple songs |
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100 | (1) |
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Expanding Your Bow Strokes |
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101 | (4) |
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Using more bow, gradually |
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102 | (1) |
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Preparing to play Pachelbel |
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102 | (3) |
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PART 3 READING MUSIC FOR THE VIOLIN |
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105 | (56) |
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Chapter 7 Translating Five Lines onto Four Strings |
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107 | (18) |
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107 | (4) |
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Setting the pitch with the clef |
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108 | (2) |
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Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (and so do girls!) |
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110 | (1) |
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Climbing the ledger lines |
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110 | (1) |
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Naming Your Notes, String by String |
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111 | (5) |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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Meeting the Sharps, Flats, and Naturals |
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116 | (2) |
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Identifying sharps, flats, and naturals |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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Playing Music by Reading the Notes |
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118 | (1) |
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Getting Louder or Softer --- Dynamite Dynamics! |
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119 | (6) |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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Adding crescendo and diminuendo |
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121 | (4) |
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Chapter 8 Making Rhythm Count |
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125 | (14) |
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Dissecting a Musical Note |
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126 | (1) |
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Adding Up the Value of Notes |
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127 | (5) |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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Counting In-Between Notes |
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132 | (2) |
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133 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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You've Got Rhythm: Pieces to Play! |
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135 | (4) |
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Chapter 9 Measuring Up: A Guide to Meter |
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139 | (22) |
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Keeping Measure of the Beats |
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140 | (1) |
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Counting Beats: Time Signatures |
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141 | (4) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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Emphasizing the right beat |
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144 | (1) |
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Regulating Your Speed with a Metronome |
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145 | (5) |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (1) |
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Making friends with your metronome |
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148 | (2) |
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Making Music in 4/4 Meter |
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150 | (1) |
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Counting and Playing in Threes |
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151 | (2) |
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Doing (Just About) Everything Else from Fours and Threes |
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153 | (3) |
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153 | (2) |
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155 | (1) |
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Getting Up to Speed: What Those Tempo Markings Mean |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (4) |
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PART 4 MUSICIANSHIP AND HARMONY |
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161 | (44) |
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Chapter 10 Weighing In on Scales |
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163 | (24) |
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163 | (1) |
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Marching through the Major Scales |
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164 | (13) |
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165 | (1) |
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Major scales you need to know |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (3) |
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G major scale, upper octave |
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170 | (1) |
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G major scale, two octaves |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (3) |
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A major scale, two octaves |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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Casting Light on Those Minor Scales |
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177 | (3) |
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177 | (1) |
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Playing A melodic minor scale |
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178 | (1) |
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Playing A harmonic minor scale |
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179 | (1) |
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Meeting Other Scales in Brief |
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180 | (3) |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (2) |
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Harping On about Arpeggios |
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183 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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Major (and Minor) Achievements |
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184 | (3) |
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Chapter 11 Cracking Key Signatures |
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187 | (8) |
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The Keys to Reading Music |
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187 | (3) |
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Getting keyed up about key signatures |
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187 | (1) |
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Reading the key signatures for major keys |
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188 | (2) |
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190 | (1) |
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Unlocking the Music with the Right Key |
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190 | (1) |
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Finding the Minor Key for Each Major |
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191 | (1) |
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Forming the relative minor |
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191 | (1) |
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Recognizing minor keys when reading music |
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192 | (1) |
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192 | (3) |
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Chapter 12 Making Sweet Music Together: Harmony |
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195 | (10) |
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Combining Notes with Chords and Harmony |
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196 | (1) |
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Playing in the Big Leagues: Major Chords |
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197 | (3) |
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Finding the primary triads |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (2) |
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Unearthing the Minor Chords |
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200 | (1) |
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Making the Most of Major and Minor Chords |
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201 | (1) |
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Meeting the Bossy Chords: Dominant 7ths |
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202 | (1) |
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Harmonizing in Thirds and Sixths |
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203 | (2) |
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PART 5 TAKING IT UP A NOTCH: TECHNIQUES AND STYLES |
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205 | (100) |
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Chapter 13 Becoming Fluent in the Language of Bowing |
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207 | (30) |
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Fitting Two or More Notes into One Stroke: Slurred legato |
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208 | (13) |
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Changing bow direction smoothly |
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209 | (1) |
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Starting to slur two notes |
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210 | (4) |
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214 | (3) |
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Playing three notes in a bow stroke |
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217 | (3) |
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Fitting four notes in a bow stroke |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (4) |
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Deciding how much bow to use on a note or measure |
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222 | (1) |
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Doing the math: Dividing the bow by note values |
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223 | (1) |
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Dividing the bow strokes in anticipation of the next note |
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224 | (1) |
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Adjusting the amounts of bow for dynamics |
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224 | (1) |
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Mais Oui, Maestro: Taking On Ze Accents |
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225 | (5) |
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226 | (1) |
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Hammering it out: Martete |
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227 | (3) |
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Meeting the Fanciest Bowings |
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230 | (7) |
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230 | (1) |
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Meet the off-the-string family |
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231 | (6) |
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Chapter 14 Putting Your Finger on It |
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237 | (44) |
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Two Notes Are Better Than One: Easy Double Stops |
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237 | (9) |
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Preparing your bow for double stops |
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238 | (2) |
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Going from one string to two and back again |
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240 | (3) |
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Ballet dancing with your fingers on the lower string |
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243 | (1) |
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Playing double stops where both notes use fingers |
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244 | (1) |
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Playing double stops galore |
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245 | (1) |
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Pulling Out All the Stops: Three- and Four-Note Chords |
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246 | (4) |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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A grand finale with chords |
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249 | (1) |
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Getting into the First Four Positions |
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250 | (9) |
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250 | (1) |
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Smoothing out the second position |
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251 | (1) |
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Putting second position to work |
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252 | (2) |
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Playing in third position |
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254 | (2) |
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Venturing forth in fourth position |
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256 | (3) |
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Knowing what position you're in |
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259 | (1) |
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259 | (11) |
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Easing into shifting positions |
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260 | (2) |
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Getting to know the four kinds of shifts |
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262 | (6) |
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Changing position to go to a different string |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (6) |
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Getting started with vibrato |
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271 | (4) |
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Good vibrations: Using your vibrato in a real song |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (5) |
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Building speed of repetition |
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276 | (1) |
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Speeding from finger to finger |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (3) |
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Chapter 15 Playing with Style |
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281 | (24) |
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Fiddling Around with Country Music |
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281 | (9) |
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Familiarizing yourself with fiddle music |
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282 | (3) |
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285 | (3) |
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Fiddling your way to songs |
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288 | (2) |
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290 | (6) |
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290 | (3) |
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Listening to some jazz violin |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (2) |
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Enchanting with Gypsy Violin |
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296 | (9) |
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296 | (5) |
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Listening to some great gypsy violin |
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301 | (1) |
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Playing in the gypsy style |
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302 | (3) |
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PART 6 GETTING INTO GEAR, STAYING IN GEAR |
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305 | (48) |
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Chapter 16 Finding the Right Violin and Bow for You |
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307 | (20) |
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Picking a Violin That's Right for You |
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308 | (6) |
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308 | (2) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (1) |
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313 | (1) |
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314 | (1) |
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315 | (3) |
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316 | (1) |
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316 | (2) |
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Buying or Renting Your Violin |
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318 | (3) |
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318 | (2) |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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321 | (2) |
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Getting Plugged into Electric Violins |
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323 | (4) |
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324 | (1) |
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325 | (2) |
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Chapter 17 Protecting Your Assets: Violin Care a nd Ma i ntena nee |
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327 | (26) |
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328 | (3) |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (7) |
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Taking off the old strings |
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332 | (2) |
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Prepping the pegs and string |
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334 | (1) |
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Putting on strings attached at the tailpiece |
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335 | (1) |
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Putting on strings attached to fine tuners |
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336 | (1) |
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337 | (1) |
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338 | (3) |
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Practicing safety at rehearsals |
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339 | (1) |
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Traveling with your violin |
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339 | (2) |
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341 | (4) |
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The makings of a good case |
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341 | (3) |
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344 | (1) |
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Looking at extra features |
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344 | (1) |
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345 | (2) |
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Taking off the old chinrest |
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345 | (1) |
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Attaching the new chinrest |
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346 | (1) |
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347 | (1) |
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Finding Useful Accessories |
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348 | (5) |
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348 | (1) |
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349 | (4) |
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353 | (32) |
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Chapter 18 Ten Top Performers --- and Their Recordings |
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355 | (8) |
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Niccolo Paganini (1782--1840) |
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355 | (1) |
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Fritz Kreisler (1875--1962) |
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356 | (1) |
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Jascha Heifetz (1899--1987) |
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357 | (1) |
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Stephane Grappelli (1908--1997) |
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357 | (1) |
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David Oistrakh (1908--1974) |
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358 | (1) |
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Yehudi Menuhin (1916--1999) |
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358 | (1) |
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359 | (1) |
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360 | (1) |
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Natalie MacMaster (1973--) |
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360 | (1) |
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Rachel Barton Pine (1974--) |
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360 | (3) |
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Chapter 19 Ten Ways to Go Beyond This Book |
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363 | (10) |
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Subscribing to a Magazine |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (1) |
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Joining a Community Orchestra |
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365 | (1) |
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366 | (1) |
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367 | (1) |
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Participating in Festivals |
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368 | (1) |
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Local music festivals (competitive and noncompetitive) |
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368 | (1) |
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International music festivals |
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369 | (1) |
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Building a Music Collection |
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369 | (1) |
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Watching and Collecting Videos and DVDs |
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370 | (1) |
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371 | (1) |
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Performing at Hospitals and Seniors' Homes |
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372 | (1) |
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Chapter 20 Ten (Or So) Tips on Finding a Teacher |
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373 | (12) |
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373 | (2) |
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Calling the Local Orchestra |
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375 | (1) |
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Inquiring at Music Schools |
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375 | (1) |
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Checking Out Community Colleges |
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376 | (1) |
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377 | (1) |
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378 | (1) |
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Asking at the Music Store |
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379 | (1) |
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Mentioning Your Quest Everywhere |
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379 | (1) |
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Checking Out Violin Lessons on the Internet |
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380 | (1) |
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Looking for a Good Gut Feeling before You Start |
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380 | (2) |
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Meeting a Teacher for the First Time |
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382 | (3) |
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382 | (1) |
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382 | (1) |
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Making business arrangements |
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383 | (2) |
| Appendix: Audio Tracks and Video Clips |
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385 | (1) |
| What You Find on the Audio Tracks |
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385 | (6) |
| Looking at What's in the Video Clips |
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391 | (3) |
| Customer Care |
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394 | (1) |
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