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| general Information Regarding String Instruments | |
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| Construction and Nomenclature | |
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| Construction of String Instruments | |
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| Nomenclature of String Instruments | |
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| The Bow | |
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| Care and Maintenance of String Instruments | |
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| Purchasing String Equipment | |
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| Proper Adjustment | |
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| Selecting an Instrument of Proper Size | |
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| String Accessories | |
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| developing String Programs in Schools | |
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| Creating Interest in Strings: Recruiting | |
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| The Developmental String Program | |
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| Selecting Students | |
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| Measurements and Terminology of Sizes | |
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| Selecting Materials | |
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| Heterogeneous and Homogeneous String Classes | |
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| Electronic Aids | |
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| Strolling Strings | |
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| Twentieth-Century Schools of String Teaching | |
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| Early Instruction | |
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| Holding the Instrument | |
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| Holding the Instrument | |
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| Holding the Bow | |
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| Common Errors in Posture: Visual Clues | |
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| Tuning Procedures | |
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| Silent Exercises to Reinforce Learning | |
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| Playing the Instrument on the Open Strings | |
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| Introducing the Open Strings | |
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| Pizzicato | |
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| The Open-String Cycle | |
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| Double Stops | |
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| Finger Patterns One and Two | |
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| The First Finger Pattern | |
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| The Second Finger Pattern | |
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| Slurs and Double Stops Using Patterns One and Two | |
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| Slurs | |
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| Crossing Strings and Double Stops | |
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| Finger Patterns Three, Four, and Five | |
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| The Third Finger Pattern | |
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| The Fourth Finger Pattern | |
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| The Fifth Finger Pattern | |
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| Solos, �tudes, and Ensembles | |
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| Playing Solos, �tudes, and Ensembles in All Patterns | |
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| Intermediate Class Instruction | |
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| Some Simple Guidelines Determining Bowing | |
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| Bowing Terms | |
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| Some Basic Bowing Guidelines | |
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| Developing Concepts to Accommodate Basic Orchestral Bowing Problems and Learning to Use Double Stops | |
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| Common Orchestral Bowing Problems | |
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| Double Stops | |
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| Double Stops Using Combinations of Fingers | |
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| Arpeggios | |
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| Advanced Class Instruction | |
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| Explaining and Demonstrating Shifting into Five Positions | |
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| Position �tudes | |
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| Shifting | |
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| Teaching the Vibrato | |
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| Teaching the Use of Harmonics | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Index | |