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How to help music students with sightreading

2022-02-22T11:40:00Z

If your students only brush up their sightreading at exam time, they're missing out on an important part of music making
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10 tips for improving your scales

2018-10-16T14:57:00Z

Guidance from The Strad 's archive on tuning, bow control, shifting, direction and pulse

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