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Here are some links to good learning resources for violin students.
Learning to read sheet music. This is fun!
Note training game
Ear training
http://www.good-ear.com
Holding the violin and the bow. The text at these sites is tedious but the
pictures are good.
Holding the violin and Holding the bow
Violin instruction. This site has very good videos.
Violin Master Class
Music dictionary
http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/
Music theory made easy
http://www.radix.net/~dglenn/chords/chords.html
Music stores, good for buying and reading general background information
Free downloads of sheet music (classical)
http://www.virtualsheetmusic.com/downloads/Free/DownloadFree.html Free downloads of sheet music (folk)
Well organized collection of Irish, Celtic, and world music
Abacci Music
Another well indexed collection of Celtic music. You'll be enticed to browse.
http://members.aol.com/boynehunt/themusic.html
Great source of sheet music and midi files
Gaughan's Musical Notations
A site with a powerful search engine and lots of tunes in many formats and midis
JC's ABC Tunefinder
This site has it all. Folk music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and America
with tunes, lyrics, information, historical background, and tune related links
The Contemplator's Folk Music Site
Very large, authoritative source for traditional Irish tunes
O'Neills Music of Ireland, 1850
Celtic tunes sorted by type (reels, strathspeys, polkas, jigs, etc.) and name
The Virtual Tunebook at CelticMusic.com
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