RECOMMENDED PUBLICATIONS

First and foremost, we recommend all our publications in the Music Shop. In the future, these materials will also be available for retail sales through other online retailers such as the Amazon Kindle Store.

Other Recommended Texts

Westney, William. The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self. Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2003. Print. ISBN 1-5746-7083-2
Werner, Kenny. Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within. New Albany, IN: Jamey Aebersold Jazz, 1996. Print. ISBN 1-5622-4003-X
Literally countless youtube videos covering guitar, violin, equipment, recording, electronics, concerts, lessons, you name it.
Elson, Margret. Passionate Practice (The musician's guide to Learning, Memorizing and Performing). Oakland, CA: Regent Press, 2002. Print. ISBN 1-58790-021-1
Bruser, Madeline. The Art of Practicing (A guide to making music from the heart). www.randomhouse.com ISBN-10: 0-609-80177-5
Joachim, Joseph & Moser, Andreas. Violin School in 3 Volumes (Violinschule in 3 Branden). Berlin, Germany: N. Simrock, G. m. b. H., 1905. Print. books.google.com.
Mozart, Leopold. A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing. Translated by Editha Knocker (Second Edition). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1948. Print. ISBN-10: 0-19-318513-X
Auer, Leopold. Violin Playing As I Teach It. Dover Publications (www.doverpublications.com), 1960. Print. ISBN-10: 0-486-23917-9, ISBN-13: 978-0486239170
Courvoisier, Karl. The Technique of Violin Playing: The Joachim Method. New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1897. (Reprint by Dover Publications - doverpublications.com), 1897. Print. ISBN-10 0-486-45274-3
Frederick H. Martens. Violin Mastery: Interviews with Heifetz, Auer, Kreisler and Others New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1919. (Reprint by Dover Publications - doverpublications.com) ISBN-10: 0-486-45041-4, ISBN-13: 9780486450414
Geminiani, Francesco. The Art of Playing on the VIOLIN Opera IX. Paris, France: Sieber, n.d., Plate 60. (Reprint: New York, NY: Performers' Editions - performersedition.com). ISBN: unknown, SKU: IMSLP-239954
Havas, Kato. The Twelve Lesson Course in A New Approach to Violin Playing. London, England: Bosworth & Co., Ltd, 2010. ISBN-10: 0-7119-9852-3, ISBN-13: 978-0-85712-458-6
Galamian, Ivan. Principles of Violin Playing & Teaching (Third Edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1985. ISBN-10: 0-9621416-4-X, ISBN-13: 978-0962141645
H.S. Wake. A Luthier's Scrap Book. Wake Publishing, 1980. ISBN-10: 0-9607048-3-3, ISBN-13: 978-0960704828
Schuring, Martin. Oboe Art and Method. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-537458-2 - "Simple is a good place to start."

Recommended Websites

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