- INDEX
- Definition of Amateur Musician
- Historical Background of the Violin
- Early Violin Pedagogical Material
- Music Treatises for Amateurs
- Violin Tutors for Amateurs
- Traditional Violin Pedagogy
- Selected Chronological List of Traditional Violin Instructional Material
- Conservatory System
- Conservatory Class Instrumental Instruction
- Classes for the Masses in England
- Amateur Musicians in America
- Early Instrumental Teachers in the United States
- School Instrumental Music in the United States
- Selected Chronological List of String Class Methods, Music and Resource Materials
- Selected Chronological List of String Education Articles
- Conclusion
- Reference Notes
- MUSICAL EXAMPLES*
- Fantasia Violin consort music by Thomas Lupo
- Allemanda from Sonata No. IV, Op. 5 by Antonio Vivaldi
- Arietta No. 62 from Ayres for the Violin by Nicola Matteis
- Composition VI from The Art of Playing on the Violin by Francesco Geminiani
- All Through the Night, a Welsh folksong used in violin classes
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- SOUND FILES - mp3
- Fantasia by Thomas Lupo
- Allemanda by Antonio Vivaldi
- Arietta by Nicola Matteis
- Composition VI by Francesco Geminiani
- All Through the Night - Welsh folksong

