Find out what's missing in your musical toolbox and bring your playing up to date. Modernize your capabilities to reflect the music and work opportunities of the 21st century. Classical pedagogy and contemporary skills are not mutually exclusive. The information and practice techniques presented in this book have been designed to enhance listening, playing, and ensemble expertise while serving to add dimension to traditional methods and repertoire. Creative musicianship, technology for strings, multi-style-ready contemporary techniques, as well as fluency with diverse musical structures from around the world are essential updates, whether you're teaching school orchestra or are an amateur or professional player. Discover your own voice on your own instrument!

Learn some of the most important fiddle and violin styles in the world! With this book and the help of the practice CD, players will be guided through dozens of left- and right-hand exercises and tunes designed to help develop the feel of a variety of styles and ways they can be used for improvisation. Includes an introduction by Turtle Island String Quartet, and photos and quotes from dozens of musicians. Author Julie Lyonn Lieberman has also written Improvising Violin, You Are Your Instrument and Planet Musician, and has taught thousands of string players worldwide how to improvise through her workshops and private lessons. Lieberman presents a veritable who's who of fiddle players that philosophize on the essence of their music. Reading The Contemporary Violinist, you are struck by what a kaleidoscope of string styles the 20th century has conjured up - American String Teacher