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Strings Listening Assignment
Link to 91 Classical's Live in Studio C Broadcasts (for listening assignment):
http://www.nashvillepublicradio.org/programs/live-studio-c#stream/0
Warm-Up Assignment Resources
Program Notes
Articles:
How to Develop a Warm, Pure Vibrato
Four Things To Check If You're Vibrato Isn't Working The Way It Should
Posture Pointers for String Players
3 Ways To Improve Your Sight-Reading
Fingerboard Calisthenics
The Subtle Art of Rubato
Play Faster - With Your Musicianship In Tact
Practice Mindful Musicianship
How To Find The Best Warmup
Tips to Improve String Crossings
Tools to Help Improve Pitch
How To Hold A Violin Or Viola Without Tensing Up
6 Low-Tension Exercises
Fixing the Pinky Problem
Preparing for Performances/Recovering from Mistakes
Blending and Projecting
Guide to Choosing the Right Strings
6 Tips to Keep Your Bow in Top Playing Shape
Five Things You Should Know About Fine Tuners
Re-Stringing Your Instrument
A Primer On Pegs
Bridge Care Basics
How to Choose the Right Chin Rest
How to Find the Best Shoulder Rest
How to Tell if Your Bow Needs a Rehair
7 Things To Know About Common Bow Rehairs
Instrument Restoration
Sound Post Set-Up
How To Keep A Cello Endpin Rock-Steady
Reimagining Mistakes as Invitations to Growth
Starting on the String Yields Great Benefit
Managing the Humidity Level of your Instrument
Tips to Ace Your College Audition
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Practice Suggestions
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Steps for Effective Practicing
Practice-Current-Brain-Research
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5 Tips for Building Effective Practice Habits
Productivity: The Pomodoro Technique
Other:
Music and The Brain
Yo-Yo Ma Tries to Bring Us Comfort and Hope
Why Is American Classical Music So White?
‘Why has this person been erased?’: the untold story of the Black French maestro
Giant Violin Floats Down Venice Grand Canal
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love The Cello
Murfreesboro Post Music Excellence Award Winners 2019
An Insider's Guide To Violin Labels
Cellist Kian Soltani NPR Tiny Desk Concert
Music to Eat By
An Italian Town Fell Silent So The Sounds Of A Stradivarius Could Be Preserved
Circle of 5ths Explained
What is the Circle of 5ths?
The Artful Android: A Selected History of Musical Robots
Resolutions Set to Music
Tuning With The Pegs
To Make Orchestras More Diverse, End Blind Auditions
Your Brain Will Thank You For Being A Musician
Tackling The Monster: Marsalis and Yo Yo Ma on Practice
Why We Love Repetition in Music
Music and Creativity in Ancient Greece
Official Video by Stuart Duncan, Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, and Edgar Meyer, "Scarcely Cricket" from Not Our First Goat Rodeo
Glow Cello - Songs for the Land
Bach AI Harmonization
Free Gig Music
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