String Instruments

(Reference). The Martin is considered the finest acoustic guitar in the world, a distinction it has held for more that 160 years. Martin guitars ha...

Part DIY guide, part scrapbook - this book takes you behind the music to get a glimpse into the faces, places and workshops of the cigar box revolu...

Ranking with the best novels about World War II, "Minuet for Guitar" is also a masterpiece of Slovenian fiction.

James Tyler offers a practical manual to aid guitar players and lutenists in transitioning from modern stringed instruments to the baroque guitar. ...

The Unorthodox Guitar: A Guide to Alternative Performance Practice is a comprehensive resource for experimentally minded guitarists and composers w...

The Russian school of violin playing produced many of the twentieth century's leading violinists - from the famed disciples of Leopold Auer such as...

The Unorthodox Guitar: A Guide to Alternative Performance Practice is a comprehensive resource for experimentally minded guitarists and composers w...

A must-have for any guitar lover!This book introduces the reader to 250 guitars of all types from the early acoustic archtop designs of the Gibson ...

`In all areas of human endeavour, time and again an individual appears who, due to a multitude of personal attributes, elevates his or her field to...

This is the first book to be devoted exclusively to the two main types of early mandolin - the mandolino and the Neapolitan mandoline. It illustrat...

Although the mandolin is now regarded as a marginal instrument in the classical world, a century ago it was one of the most widely played musical i...

Throughout its history the violin has had a mystique with many curious beliefs. Physicists have now discovered how it produces its sound, though th...

The viol has become increasingly popular in recent years as an instrument for the amateur with an interest in early music. With this rise in popula...

David Boyden's classic book, first published in 1965, was the first to deal comprehensively with the history of violin playing against the vast pan...

J. S. Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin have been central to the violin repertoire since the mid-eighteenth century. This engaging volume...

The contribution of the British Isles to the history of the violin family has been consistently under-estimated. For over 200 years England, Wales,...

This book combines a performance guide for violinists, an analytical study, an exploration of Bach's style, and an investigation of musical form an...