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                                                                    Resources

Music theory:

https://www.mymusictheory.com/

https://www.udemy.com/prepare-for-music-theory-abrsm-1-to-5/

https://www.musictheory.net/lessons

https://www.teoria.com/

Music History:

https://www.classicsforkids.com/music/periods.asp

Beginning violin:

http://www.violinonline.com/index.htm



Rhythm:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rhythm-sight-reading-trainer/id396302174?mt=8


Note reading:

http://www.cleftutor.com/

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/noteworks/id546003758?mt=8

http://violinflashcards.com/




                                                                   Why learn a musical instrument:

The following article explains the many life-long benefits of learning music: Stronger neural connections, more grey matter, better information processing, higher IQ, better memory and attention, better motor coordination, etc.


https://www.rcmusic.ca/sites/default/files/files/RCM_MusicEducationBenefits.pdf


Youth Orchestras:
San Jose Chamber Youth Orchestras
www.sjco.org/SJCO/youth.html


Golden State Youth Orchestra:
https://www.gsyomusic.org/


Violin Dealers:
For rental or purchase of instruments, equipment, and repairs:
Patrick Heaney: Mountain View
Claire Givens: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kamimoto: San Jose
Ifshin Violins:  Berkeley
Metzler Violins:  Los Angeles

More Thoughts About Music:

Study Bach. There you will find everything.  Brahms
 
If only the whole world could feel the power of harmony.  Mozart
 
I should be sorry if I only entertained them, I want to make them better. Handel
 
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.  Beethoven
 
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.  Albert Einstein
 
If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: ‘The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music.’  Kurt Vonnegut