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Violin

The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched of the modern bowed strings. (the viola, cello, and double bass have their own categories.)

Sites in Violin

Violin Land
Biographical information, list of films that violinists have appeared in or on the soundtrack, news, and discographies.
Connie's Violin Page
Extensive resources for violin enthusiasts and students. FAQ, pedagogy, teachers, articles, and links.
Paganini Collective
Information and links about violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini.
Bowed Electricity
Resources for electric violin players. Violinist directory, manufacturers, article with sound clips, equipment recommendations, reviews, and educators.
Violin Acoustics
Application of acoustical physics to the violin. From the School of Physics, University of New South Wales.
Violin Maker Identification
A computer generated Violin Proportional Analysis Report that claims to suggest the likely violin maker from a photograph.
Minstrel Banjo and Old-Timey Fiddle
Sound samples, sheet music, and track listing.
Unusual violins
Customized violins, violas, and cellos are displayed in great detail.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Appraisal of Violins
Source for violin appraisal and related references. Bibliography and information.
Oxford Violins
Manufacturers, dealers, restorers, based in the city of Oxford. Instrument information, contact details, and links.
Violinist.com
Audition notices, directory for violinists, links to orchestras and musician unions, online shopping for violinists.
VioLink - The World of Violins
Collection of links to organizations, schools, books, journals, makers, dealers, MIDI files, and newsletters.
Fiddler Magazine - Home Page
Resource for folk/country fiddlers.
Organology Workshop
Dedicated to early violin research and reconstruction. Research, workshop information, and contact information.
Scottish Fiddle Music
Print sheet music, read about the background to the tunes, learn about the music and find fiddle resources.
FiddleMusic
Ever growing resource for fiddle music enthusiasts, artists, luthiers. Tunes, fiddlers, fiddles, recordings, fiddle forum, history, and instruction.
Utah Old Time Fiddlers
Homepage of the Utah Old Time Fiddlers organization - membership information, gigs schedule and announcements
The Strad
Violin magazine. Current and archived articles from the print version of the magazine. Subscription information and links.
The World Violinist Links
Catalogues classical violinists, historic and contemporary, with links to sites featuring violinists listed. Very good resource.
The Violin Tutor - practice software for Windows
Practice software for beginner violinists and includes music theory.
Intonation and the ViolinIncludes
Short description of tuning by harmonics, frequency ratios and the natural scale for violin players with comparison with Pythagoras and equal tempered scales.
Fiddling around the World
A comparison of traditional fiddle styles from all around the world, with descriptions of instruments, playing styles, types of tune, history of the style, and most influential players.
Violin Composers
Online articles and discussions about composers from Baroque to modern periods.
Violin WebRing
Linked web sites that deal with the violin and related subjects.
The Digital Violin Database
Survey and review of the violin during the last two hundred years. Article on the gradual emergence of the electric violin. Links and references.
Soundpost Online
Magazine for players, makers and collectors of the violin. Offers articles, message board, reviews, and archives.
Connie's Violin Page
Directory of many types of websites related to the violin: biographies, history and trivia, stores, books, and learning and teaching the playing of violin.
Sheila's Corner
Resources, bulletin board, performance information, and links.

sub categories in Violin

Makers Makers
Violinists Violinists
Organizations Organizations

other references

Arts : Music : Education : Methods and Techniques : Suzuki Method : Violin Arts : Music : Education : Methods and Techniques : Suzuki Method : Violin
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this category in other languages

Viool Dutch : Viool
Violine German : Violine
バイオリン Japanese : バイオリン
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