bowed stringed instruments

The author traces the history and stories behind six instruments--five violins and one cello--by famed seventeeth-century violin maker, Antonio Stradivari, and examines the craftsmanship and techniques used by the artist that made his violins popular.

Introduces the violin, viola, cello, and bass, as well as the basic techniques for choosing and beginning to play a stringed instrument with a bow.

Introduces the violin, viola, cello, and bass, as well as the basic techniques for choosing and beginning to play a stringed instrument with a bow.