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Wikipedia encyclopedia of musical instruments.
 
A child's introduction to string instruments.

BASS, DOUBLE BASS

Double bass and Violone Internet Archive

Double bass Wikipedia entry.

International Society of Bassists

Lemur Music
Complete source of Bass instruments and Bass supplies for the double bassist.

Upton Bass,
specialists in double bass accessories and equipment, bass restoration, and bass repairs.

CELLO, CELLISTS

The Cello Academy

Cello Heaven

Great cellists of the past.

Internet Cellists Society
The Cellist's Gateway to the Net

Oxford Cello School, UK.

Professional cellists, a web directory.

Wikipedia entry on the cello and cellists.

Famous cellists

Paul Tortelier. Wikipedia

CIMBALOM

Cimbalon, Wikipedia entry.

CLAVICHORD

Clavichord, Wikipedia entry.

The introduction to "The Clavichord" by Bernard Brauchli. (PDF)

A brief history of the clavichord.

Tuning for playing J. S. Bach.

British Clavichord Society

Boston Clavichord Society

Clavichord by Christian Kintzing, Neuwied, Germany, 1763. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clavichord by John Christopher Jesse, Halberstadt, Germany, 1765. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clavichord, Germany, 18th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art

DULCIMER

Australian Duclimer page.
Dulcimer, cimbalom, hackbrett, salterio, santur, sandouri and more.

Duclimer Players News

GUITAR

Bach Plucked
Bach for the guitar.

Bass guitar. How to Play Bass
Bass lessons, with an online metronome.

CrossRoads
CrossRoads offers a new way to learn to play guitar with guitar tabs, steaming videos, sound clips, tablature, live on-line lessons and much more.

Ferris Guitar
A website made to inspire guitarists, offering educational resources, a blog on great composers and recordings.

Guitar. The Baroque Guitar

Guitar. Classical guitar websites.
Open Directory Project

The Classical Guitar Homepage

Classical Guitar Midi Archives

Guitar Foundation of America

GuitarTricks.com
Learn guitar online. Guitar Tricks is an ever-expanding library of guitar lessons that you can access anytime to improve your guitar ability. 45 guitar instructors from all over the world have joined together to create one source for online guitar lessons.

Hago Hampshire Guitar Orchestra U.K.
A community orchestra, featuring 4 different sizes of classical guitar, from alto to contrabass; winners of the Guitar Orchestra competition of Great Britain.

History of the Classical Guitar

International Guitar Research Archive, California State University.

Mad Guitar Licks.com
“Mad Guitar Licks” is a completely free resource which offers dozens of guitar licks and lessons via video (with tablature), guitar lesson reviews, and famous “Rock God” biographies detailing how some of the greatest guitarists of all time learned to play.

Smarogre Goriadou
The official website of Smaro Gregoriadou, Greek classical guitar soloist and composer. Smaro attempts a redefinition of the classical guitar's sound and technique through the "Reinventing guitar" project that she introduced in 2009, based on Kertsopoulos Aesthetics platform of inventions. Her ongoing investigation and practical application concerns factors like instrumental design & construction, string materials & configurations, and tuning schemes - and how they affect performance techniques, interpretive possibilities and sonic qualities.

Tablature, Classical Guitar Tablature and MIDI for Beginning & Intermediate Guitarists.

Wikipedia entry on the guitar.

Zama: an underground UK guitar resource.
Guitarists

Directory of guitarists from the Guitar Foundation of America.

Guitarists

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HARP

The American Harp Society and Journal

Harp Mall
A harpist's web portal.

Harp Spectrum
General information about the harp.

Harp Spectrum
General information about the harp.

Clarsach
The Gaelic harp of Ireland and the Scottish Highlands.

Asni: harp lore
Descriptions of several types of historical European harps, with sound samples.

International Harp Contest in Israel

International Harp Contest and Festival, The Netherlands.

Schools or universities with harp programs.

Wikipedia entry on the harp.

Famous harpists

Christ, Sarah. Sarah Christ

Giulianelli, Consuelo. Consuelo Giulianelli

Langlamet, Marie-Pierre. Marie-Pierre Langlamet

Yoshino, Naoko. Naoko Yoshino


Wikipedia list of harpists.

HARPSICHORD, SPINET, CLAVICHORD

The British Harpsichord Society
Extensive information related to the harpsichord.

Harpsichord and Clavichord Web Ring

Harpsichordists

Great Harpsichordists in History

Harpsichordists recorded on Naxos Records.

Wikipedia entries on harpsichordists.
Medieval Music and Arts Foundation

Medieval and Renaissance music web resources.

Sounds of Harpsichords and related instruments.
Descriptions, images and harpsichord web links.

Wikipedia entry on the harpsichord.

Well-known harpsichordists

d'Ambricourt, Aline

Hogwood, Christopher

Kipnis, Igor

Leonhardt, Gustav

Pinnock, Trevor

Trevor Pinnock

LUTE

Lute Society. U.K..

The Lute Page. Lutes old and new.

MANDOLIN

Mandozine

VIOLA

American Viola Society

New York Viola Society

Viola jokes.

The Viola da Gamba Society of America

The Viola Website
Home for violists on the web.

Viola-in-Music
Everything you wanted to know about the viola but were afraid to ask.

Violists (Viola players), a list of notable violists.
Wikipedia

Well-known viola players



Voici, Ion. Ion Voicu International Foundation
Official web site for Roumanian violist Ion Voicu.

Tertis, Lionel. Lionel Tertis. Wikipedia entry.

Chiang, Victoria. Victoria Chiang
Discography, mp3 samples, reviews, articles, by violist, concert/recording artist, and educator.

VIOLA DA GAMBA

Viola da gamba - Gesellschaft

Viola da Gamba Society of America

VIOLINISTS, VIOLIN RESOURCES

Violinists

An index of violinist webpages. 
The Open Directory Project

Violin Competitions

World Federation of International Music Competitions
Search by place and discipline.

Violin competitions. Violin Masterclass
 

Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition

Fritz Kreisler Competition

Hannover International Violin Competition

Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition

International Violin Competition of Indianapolis

Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition

Pablo Sarasate International Violin Competition

9th Jeunesses International Violin Competition

Legendary Violinists

Paganini, Niccolò
Wikipedia

Sheila's Corner

Strad Magazine

Violin acoustics. University of New South Wales

The Violin Site. Resources for violinists.
Practice techniques, free violin sheet music, violin recordings, violin library.

Violinist Blog

Violinist
A directory of musicians, discussion board, web pages.

Violin Student
A web site for violin students. The purpose of the site is to promote the violin by providing interesting information on a daily basis.  The target audience is children between the ages of 7 and 17, but there is material that is of interest to most musicians.

Wikipedia entry on the violin.





Apple iTunes

Sheet music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonatas For Violin And Piano - Mannheim, Paris, Salzburg - sheet music at www.sheetmusicplus.com
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonatas For Violin And Piano - Mannheim, Paris, Salzburg Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), edited by Eduard Reeser. For violin and piano. Urtext of the New Mozart Edition. Format: set of performance parts (includes separate pull-out violin part). With solo part, piano accompaniment, thematic index and introductory text. Classical Period. 146 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA.BA4774)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto In G major, K. 216 - sheet music at www.sheetmusicplus.com
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto In G major, K. 216 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), edited by Christoph Hellmut Mahling. K. 216. For violin and piano. Urtext of the New Mozart Edition. Format: set of performance parts (includes separate pull-out violin part). With solo part and piano reduction. Classical Period. G Major. 43 pages. 9x12 inches. Duration 24m. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA.BA4865-90)
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