MUSIC THEORY & HISTORY:

The String Pedagogy Notebook
(Great website for string players!)

The Classical Music Pages
( Writing a paper on classical music?   Start here!)

Ricci Adams’ Music Theory page
(Great place to practice your note reading and key signatures –
even things for wind and guitar players.)

University of California Absolute Pitch Study
(Test your own sense of pitch and help with this musical study.)

Blank Sheet Music.Net
(Create your own staff paper, guitar tab paper, etc.)

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MUSIC SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT:

Shar Music of Ann Arbor, MI
PHONE:  (800) 248-SHAR

Southwest Strings
PHONE:  (800) 528-3430

J.W. Pepper
PHONE:  (800) 345-6296

Flesher-Hinton Music
PHONE:  (303) 433-8891

Luck’s Music Library
PHONE:  (800) 348-8749

Meeker Music
113 E. Bijou St
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
PHONE:  (719) 471-8940

Graner Music
4460 Barnes Road
Colorado Springs, CO  80917
PHONE:  (719) 574-2001
LINKS

NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL
612 E Yampa St.
Colorado Springs, CO
 80903
PRACTICE HELP AT HOME:

Metronome On-Line
(Practice your counting skills at home, you can even tune up to
A440.)

Tune Your Instrument
(Helps you tune your instrument at home.)

Violin Lessons On-Line
(Very cool - video demonstrations and online instructions to
help you become a better player)

Internet Violin Lessons
(Another website that gives string instrument instruction -
check out the tuning section!

Intonation Tuning Helper by Tom Ball
(This site contains audio samples of pitches - use them to tune
your instrument or improve your intonation)


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BUYING A NEW INSTRUMENT?

How to Judge if a Violin Has a Good Tone


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HONOR ORCHESTRAS:

Colorado All-State Orchestra

Western States Honor Orchestra/Weekend for
Strings

Southern Colorado High School Honor Orchestra


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FUN STUFF:

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids
(Check out the instrument encyclopedia, the practice room or
build your own instrument.)

New York Phil Kids
(Lots of fun and games on this site, created by the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra.)

San Francisco Symphony Kids
(Fun with music!)

We have compiled a selection of useful sites to help our students become better musicians.  
Check them out!

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Colorado Springs, CO
 80903
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