A wonderful resource covering many aspects of the violin. Most explanations are made with video and audio clips of members of the Philharmonic Orchestra. Be sure to check out the players tips and tricks section.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about wave harmonics on a string by looking closely at the sound produced by a violin. Test string tension with harmonic number on violin strings in a simulated practice. Understand sound waves...

Recordings, photographs, and articles about rare and equisitely crafted violins by by Stradivari, Amati, Guarneri, and Vuillaume.

Pictures and descriptions of the Guarneri twin violins.

In addition to describing the work of violin maker David Gusset, this attractive site offers sections on instrument design, history, construction, materials, appraisal, and more.

Learn to play violin online. A complete beginning instructional course by a string educator. The resource would also be useful as a home tutor.

Pictorial narrative of the history of the Horn Violin and its usuage today primarily in the Bihor region of Rumania.

This informative article on the violin and viola includes the advantages and disadvantages of choosing to play one of these instruments. This website includes information on playing, maintaining, and repairing the violin and viola....

This resource is for beginning violinists to learn how to take care of their new instrument. Includes a labeled diagram of a violin and advice on maintenance.

Information on The Violin Making School of America, making violins and bows, appraising and repairing violins, and more. Great tips on choosing a student violin and caring for it.

If you are interested in learning how a violin is made, you will enjoy this site. There are also references to famous violin makers.

An entry on the famous Stradivarius violins (and other stringed instruments) from the Smithsonian Institution.

This organization was founded in 1980 to promote high standards in the manufacture, training, and care of violins. Their site offers information on the group, its work, its code of ethics, and its yearly "Players Meet Makers" event.

In "My Violin," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child who causes problems at home whenever he plays his violin.

Read about the violin, as well as a few other string instruments. Use Windows Media Player or Real Audio to listen to three violin samples. Pictures of the instrument are also provided.

Read "The Violin," a short informational text, and then answer ten reading comprehension questions that follow.

Kids learn about the violin family of musical string instruments on this site. How they work, history, and styles of music are discussed.

Labeled illustration of the principal parts of the violin.

This brief article overviewing the history of the violin, and its role in a variety of musical genres, includes an image and references for further reading and research.

Kids learn about the history of the violin. Learn about a family of musical string instruments called the violin on this site. Explore its history and its beginning in the Renaissance period.

The full text of the novel The Second Violin by Grace S. Richmond. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

What are the main components of this string instrument? Kids learn about the parts of the violin on this site.

A site exploring the basics of playing the violin which is one of the most popular string musical instruments.

Text of the short story "M'sieu Fortier's Violin" by Alice Dunbar. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)