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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,

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Stick Shift: July 2009

To download a feature on Baroque bowing from The Strad archive,

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Masterclass: July 2009

To download a Masterclass article by Sophie Solomon on klezmer technique,

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Trade Secrets: July 2009

To download a Trade Secrets article by James Ham on fixing cracks on a double bass back

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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

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Masterclass: June 2009

To download John Goldsby’s recommended recordings of bowed bass solos

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Five Alive: June 2009

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Trade Secrets: June 2009

To download an article by Philip Kass on Vuillaume’s picture bows

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Scent of a Violin: June 2009

To download an article on tap tones by Joseph Curtin

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Masterclass: May 2009

To download Bruno Giuranna’s Masterclass article on the first movement of Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata

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Trade Secrets: May 2009

To download a Trade Secrets article by Peter Goodfellow on shaping a cello fingerboard

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Making your Mark: May 2009

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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

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Masterclass: April 2009

To download Glenn Dicterow’s Masterclass on the solo violin part from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade

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Trade Secrets: April 2009

To download a Trade Secrets article by Shem Mackey on making a viol without using a mould

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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


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Yehudi Menuhin: March 2009

To download a feature on Yehudi Menuhin from The Strad archive

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Masterclass: March 2009

To download Peter Cropper’s Masterclass article on the second and third movements of Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata

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Trade Secrets: March 2009

To download a Trade Secrets article on closing cracks in a double bass from The Strad archive

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Judgement Day: February 2009

To download a Trade Secrets article by David Burgess on stabilising cello necks

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Masterclass: February 2009

To download a Masterclass article by Ashan Pillai on the viola part of Debussy’s Sonata for FluteViola and Harp

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Going Pear-Shaped: February 2009

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Musical Youth: February 2009

To download a feature on early interpretations of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

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Trade Secrets: February 2009

To download a Trade Secrets article on making varnish

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Trade Secrets: November 2008

To download a Trade Secrets restoration article on fitting patches from The Strad archive

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Trade Secrets: October 2008

To download previous Trade Secrets articles by Hans Pluhar

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Mastercass: October 08

To download Owen Lee’s double bass Masterclass from The Strad’s archive

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The Tibetan Fiddle Mystery: October 08

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Basics: Scales – finger preparation


In the September 2008 issueSimon Fischer looks at simple techniques for finger preparation when playing scales.
Click here to download the exercises that accompany his article.


Cremona's Forgotten Curve


An article about Cremonese arching design by Quentin Playfairfrom the November 1999 issue of The Strad
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Ventral PinsJuly 08


Following on from our article on ventral pins in the July 2008 issue of The Strad
click here to download a previous article on the subject from the August 2006 issue.



Ysaye’s Serenade sheet music


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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.
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Click here to download minor pentatonic scales
Click here to download Blues scales
Click here to download rock riffs


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.
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The Strad Index 2007

Your complete index of The Strad features in 2007
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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

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Pwyll ap Sion
The White Wheat

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

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Hill's pegs

Eric Meyer pays tribute to the men behind the scenes at W.E. Hill and Sons
from The Strad’s Accessories supplementOctober 2007

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From poster to mould

John Dilworth offers advice on using The Strad posters to make instrument moulds
from The StradApril 2005

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Violin varnish

Joe Robson looks into the history and chemistry of varnish
from The StradNovember 2007

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James Ehnes
Complete cadenzas to Mozart's five violin concertos

The simple virtuosity of Mozart's instrumental music is the inspiration behind James Ehnes's cadenzas to the master's violin concertos

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Konstantin Mostras
Esquisse no.2

Many of the elements of violin techniqueincluding speedagility and intonationare put to the test in Mostras's fiendish study

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Mark O'Connor
Caprice no.6 for solo violin

Mark O'Connor employs the creative and interpretative techniques of American traditional music in this challenging work

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