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Free Strings Guides Downloads
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Welcome to the Free Strings Downloads page. We're digging through our archives to collect information that you'll find particularly helpful. Over the past 23 years, the experts at Strings have shared their knowledge on every facet of bowed stringed instruments. Now, we're gathering some of the great information we've written on playing, buying, and caring for your instrument, and providing them to you as handy, free pdf downloads. Check back here often for new downloads.
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A Buyer's Guide to Purchasing a Cello
 Included in this guide are:
1. 13 Tips on Selecting a Cello Priced Under $5,000
2. 11 Tips on Selecting a Good Cello Bow
3. How to Buy an Around-Town Cello Case
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The Characteristics of Baroque Music
 Included in this gude are:
1. A Primer on the Art of Baroque Musics
Once regarded as a sanctuary for scholars, Baroque music is finding favor with a growing number of modern string players.
2. Early Music Grows Up
Ingrid Matthews challenges string players to look at Baroque music anew
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Viola Works: Classic Music for Your Favorite Instrument
 Included in this guide are:
1. Living in Alto Clefs: 11 Top Players Pick the Best Loved, and Most Overlooked, Viola Works of All Time
2. A Mozart Masterwork: A viola quintet that occupies a special position among the composer’s works
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A Buyer's Guide to Purchasing a Violin
 Included in this guide are:
1. How to buy a violin under $2,500
2. What you need to know about purchasing a violin online
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A Violin Player's Guide to the Bow
 Included in this guide are:
1. Improving Your Violin or Viola Bow Holds
Use this simple exercise to enhance your technical command of the bow.
2. Bowing Basics
Working down the arm gives players insight into bowing movement and mechanics.
3. Shall We Dance
Learn to bow by Laban’s motion factors.
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