Violin Sites


Violin Land

violin@web is a comprehensive information website for the violin

Violin acoustics from the University of New South Wales

Free Violin Sheet Music from 8notes.com

The Strad - the best known magazine on the violin

How to Wreck a Good Fiddle

Bowed Electricity - an information site on electric violin makers and players


Andy Holliman's Electric Strings site. An essential place if you wish to find out the range of electric violins available - for not only is there a pretty comprehensive list of instrument and pickup makers - but perhaps the most useful thing is the photo gallery of a good number of instruments

Joel Glassman's 'Amplify your Violin' - a seriously good guide to all the aspects of taking a violin and amplifying it - from pickups and microphones to amplifiers and speakers.






Fiddle-on Magazine - is aimed specifically at the UK fiddle player. The aim of the magazine is to keep you, the fiddle player, informed about workshops, courses, news items and general chitchat from the UK fiddle scene.

The Violin Man - Online Violin, Viola and Cello resource and community.



Musicians

Graham Clark - "...jazz violinist who eschews Hot Club, in favour of many other post-bop jazz blues and funk settings. Info on Accusound contact mic and some interesting links"

Billy Thompson - "Award winning improvising Violinist. Web-site covering all
aspects of Billy's career with sound-files, photos, gig dates and more..."

Alex Yellowlees - Scotland's premier jazz violinist having explored a range of styles from classical, folk, country and bluegrass to find a place in the world of jazz violin.

Christian Garrick - "The field of jazz violin, never overcrowded, is blessed with the emergence of a world-class talent in Britain's
Christian Garrick" - Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times.