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14 Steps Toward Improved Intonation

Solo and group exercises from author and instructor Michael E. Martin By James Reel It's inevitable: The first few times you put bow to string, it sounds... Read More...

Learn to Compose Your Own Cadenzas and Variations

9 ways to improve your improv and craft a cadenza by Richard S. Bridges I learned how to improvise by the “sink-or-swim” method when, as a teenager, I was i... Read More...

The Great Groove Band at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Photo by: Susan Deckhart.

12 Questions Violinists Ask About Fiddling

It all starts with the beat—and the spelling by Donna Hebert How many times have you heard someone (perhaps yourself) ask, “What’s the difference between p... Read More...

Tips on Finding Cello Repertoire

Sources and references for cello and chamber-music repertoire By Jeffrey Solow In my two-part article "Cellists’ Choice" (In Print, December 1999 and Jan... Read More...