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24 Hour Party People: July 2009 To download a feature on Venezuela’s El Sistema music education project and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra,
Stick Shift: July 2009 To download a feature on Baroque bowing from The Strad archive,
Masterclass: July 2009 To download a Masterclass article by Sophie Solomon on klezmer technique,
Trade Secrets: July 2009 To download a Trade Secrets article by James Ham on fixing cracks on a double bass back
Free sheet music: June 2009 To download this month’s free sheet musicthe Virtuoso Variations on Kreutzer’s Etude-Caprice no. 27 by Abram Yampolsky
Masterclass: June 2009 To download John Goldsby’s recommended recordings of bowed bass solos
Five Alive: June 2009 To download further recommendations of quintets
Trade Secrets: June 2009 To download an article by Philip Kass on Vuillaume’s picture bows
Scent of a Violin: June 2009 To download an article on tap tones by Joseph Curtin
Masterclass: May 2009 To download Bruno Giuranna’s Masterclass article on the first movement of Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata
Trade Secrets: May 2009 To download a Trade Secrets article by Peter Goodfellow on shaping a cello fingerboard
Making your Mark: May 2009 To download an article on marketing yourself as a performer
Varnish: Eighteenth Century Instruments Examined In the August 1984 issue of The Strad Raymond White looked at the then-current research into violin varnish. To download the article
Masterclass: April 2009 To download Glenn Dicterow’s Masterclass on the solo violin part from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade
Trade Secrets: April 2009 To download a Trade Secrets article by Shem Mackey on making a viol without using a mould
Stradivari's 'Messiah The controversy surrounding this infamous violin has recently been reignited. The Strad devoted the August 2001 issue to the story of the pristine instrument. To read John Dilworth's description of the instrumentPart 1 and Part 2 To read an explanation of the dendrochronological analysis by John Topham and Derick McCormickClick Here Yehudi Menuhin: March 2009 To download a feature on Yehudi Menuhin from The Strad archive
Masterclass: March 2009 To download Peter Cropper’s Masterclass article on the second and third movements of Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata
Trade Secrets: March 2009 To download a Trade Secrets article on closing cracks in a double bass from The Strad archive
Judgement Day: February 2009 To download a Trade Secrets article by David Burgess on stabilising cello necks
Masterclass: February 2009 To download a Masterclass article by Ashan Pillai on the viola part of Debussy’s Sonata for FluteViola and Harp
Going Pear-Shaped: February 2009 To download an article on the Persian kamancheh
Musical Youth: February 2009
To download a feature on early interpretations of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Trade Secrets: February 2009
To download a Trade Secrets article on making varnish
Leonidas Kavakos: January 2009
To download a Masterclass by Leonidas Kavakos on the Sibelius Violin Concerto
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High voltage: January 2009
To download additional resources by Chris Garrick on electric violins from The Strad archive
To download a jazz Masterclass by Chris Garrick
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Trade SecretsJanuary 2009
To download two Trade Secrets articles on purfling from The Strad archive
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A Scanner in the Works: January 2009
To download additional images and movies from Sam Zygmuntowicz’s Strad3D project
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Features index 2008
To download an electronic copy of The Strad’s features index 2008
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Masterclass: January 2009
To download two Masterclass folk music articles from The Strad archive
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Trade Secrets: September 2007
To download Kai-Thomas Roth's article on making purfling
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Trade Secrets: July 2008
To download Peter Goodfellow's article about shaping a cello fingerboard
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Adults Only: December 2008
To download an article on Japanese violin making from The Strad archive
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Latin Lovers: December 2008
To download a feature on amateur string players from The Strad archive
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Fast Master: December 2008
To download a Double Acts interview with Ruggiero Ricci
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Fast Master: December 2008
To download a complete Ricci discography
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Fast Master: December 2008
To download an article by Ricci on Paganini
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Fast Master: December 2008
To download further responses to your questions by Ruggiero Ricci
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Christmas with Stanley Potts: December 2008
To download Stanley Potts’s final monthly column from The Strad archive
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Trade Secrets: December 2008
To download a previous Trade Secrets article by Helen Michetschlager
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Masterclass: December 2008
To download a Masterclass article by Will Conway on Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht
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Charlie Chaplin: December 2008
To download a bibliography and useful links to complement this month’s feature on Charlie Chaplin
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'Un mauvais caractere' - Devy Erlih interview: November 2008
To download extra interview material in which Devy Erlih reveals his approach to playing Bach
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Masterclass: November 2008
To download Roger Benedict’s Masterclass on the viola part from Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique Symphony from The Strad archive
Stick Figure: November 2008
To download an In Focus article from by Paul Childs on a Tourte bow from c.1820 from The Strad archive
Trade Secrets: November 2008
To download a Trade Secrets restoration article on fitting patches from The Strad archive
Trade Secrets: October 2008
To download previous Trade Secrets articles by Hans Pluhar
Mastercass: October 08
To download Owen Lee’s double bass Masterclass from The Strad’s archive
The Tibetan Fiddle Mystery: October 08
To download extra images of Chinese and Tibetan instrumentsclick the following;
Basics: Scales – finger preparation
Cremona's Forgotten Curve
Ventral PinsJuly 08
Ysaye’s Serenade sheet music
Masterclass: Mark Wood on rock violin Violinist Mark Wood offers some practical advise to ease classical players into rock technique. Download his exercises and Down Bow Hope here.
Case studies Dimitri Musafia examines the evidence we have about the original cases made to house Stradivari violins. Download your free copy of the early violin case pictures here. Images by Dimitri Musafiacourtesy Peter Biddulph.
The Strad Index 2007 Your complete index of The Strad features in 2007
Tap-tones The importance of tap-tones has largely been ignored in mainstream violin literature. Maker Joseph Curtin argues their case and shares his latest research from The StradOctober 2006
Pwyll ap Sion
Pwyll ap Sion puts a modern spin on an old Welsh folk song in The White Wheata piece he composed for the 2008 Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition Hill's pegs Eric Meyer pays tribute to the men behind the scenes at W.E. Hill and Sons From poster to mould John Dilworth offers advice on using The Strad posters to make instrument moulds Violin varnish Joe Robson looks into the history and chemistry of varnish James Ehnes
The simple virtuosity of Mozart's instrumental music is the inspiration behind James Ehnes's cadenzas to the master's violin concertos
Konstantin Mostras
Many of the elements of violin techniqueincluding speedagility and intonationare put to the test in Mostras's fiendish study
Mark O'Connor
Mark O'Connor employs the creative and interpretative techniques of American traditional music in this challenging work
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