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Strings | Winds | Piano | Workshops/Organizations
Publishers | Sheet Music Stores | Printable Music/MIDI
Recorded Music | Software | Online Lessons/Tools
Research Resources | Online Articles | Health
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"What science tells us about reducing coronavirus spread from wind instruments" August 6, 2021

Obtaining Music

Coach's request: measure-number your parts and score.
    List of total number of measures in each movement for many chamber works
        and
    How to number measures

The quick guide section below includes only the sites most likely to have music sought by workshop participants.  Other sites to explore are listed at the linked categories.


  Printable Music   (click for more in this category)

    .PDF files which can be downloaded, viewed or printed


Partifi   3-15
    "An automated tool for creating parts from music scores." Helpful if you can only find a score online.

Free downloads:

IMSLP - International Music Score Library Project12-06
   Editions in the public domain in Canada
   ("copyright persists for the composer or other author (if any) for 50 years (Canada) after his/her death."); other copyright laws apply for your country
   They offer some recordings as well.
Suggestions: 1. use a search engine, look for imslp composer piece, ex: imslp brahms sextet op 36
    2. use search engine, look for imslp instrumentation, ex: imslp string trios
    3. Try IMSLP genres to browse for pieces by various categories

Classical sheet music gratis  11-21
    String music public domain in US, pdf's for 8.5 x 11" paper. Also 5 CD's of more music offered on EBay

The International Music Archives  1-10
   Collections of music for clarinets, other winds and strings, plus string quartets and quintets--pdf's on DVD's, flash drives, digital downloads
formerly Clarinet Institute

ScorSer  6-10
   Searches several sites for free pdfs, midis, etc
      

Fee or Paid Membership Required:

Virtual Sheet Music 2-08

EveryNote.com 2-08

Library Music Source   6-10
    individual parts and pieces from CD Sheet Music and Orchestral Musician

http://www.musicaneo.com/   11-11
    fee and free. Many uploaders, so some pieces duplicated.

 

Libraries - Bay Area and beyond:

WorldCat - World's Largest Library Catalog
    Find which library has the music you want

Link+ - union catalog from libraries in California and Nevada.
    Borrow from many libraries using your library card
   

San Francisco Public Library
    Music Center: 415-557-4525
    Search/browse SFPL Online Catalog

Oakland Public Library
    Reference Desk 510-238-3138
    OPL's Chamber Music Collection

Stanford Music Library (SULAIR)
    Music Library Circulation Desk: 650-723-1211
    Reference: 650-723-1212

Berkeley Public Library
    510-981-6100


Bagaduce Music Lending Library   3-15


         
  Sheet Music Stores    (click for more in this category)


Hutchins & Rea

Sheet Music Plus

Shar - string sheet music dealer


You might find the sheet music from other dealers: Use a search engine. Type "sheet music" composer's name, piece. Use "" to search by phrase.
one example: "sheet music" "eduard franck" "piano quintet"

   

  Recorded Music - online   (click for more in this category)


YouTube    12-09
    Great resource - search for youtube plus composer and piece, ex. youtube brahms op 18

IMSLP - many sheet music listings include recordings of the works

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - free MP3's

ClassicalConnect - free classical music online  5-10

Amazon - Chamber Music MP3's

 

  Research Resources   (click for more in this category)


All Music - Chamber Music   3-14
   Use its Search for specific piece or composer, read background information and recordings

earsense   2-10
   chamber music articles/program notes, "chamberbase" of 140+ composers, search by composer or work


Helpful:

Newsletter Gem: Preparing for a workshop   4-14

List of total number of measures in each movement for many chamber works
        and
How to number measures 7-14

An open letter: Prepare for your Chamber Coaching   11-12
   by David Finckel and Wu Han: editions, markings, rehearsing, much more


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Strings

Violin String Review's String Identifier    6-18

Lashof String ID

Violinist.com Guide to Choosing Violin Strings

GoStrings - strings, cases, accessories   8-10

Ifshin - supplies, makers, repairs - El Cerrito, CA  

Shar - strings and sheet music dealer

Southwest Strings - supplies, instruments   3-08

Strings Magazine - All Things Strings - includes articles   9-06

Strad - News, Blogs, Directories - also articles and issues for subscribers   3-11

Maestronet

Haydn String Quartet volumes (pdf's)

Krentz modulators/wolf eliminators
        

Pro Am Strings - educational videos for violin and viola players - subscription  11-14

Viola List.org

Alto Clef and Other Music Drills

Patricia McCarty's Articles for Violists

The Viola Chin Pressure Monitor    2-08

Absolute Zero Viola Quartet    2-09
    

Cello Mini-Lessons Free Online - David Finckel   9-11

Internet Cello Society

Dvorák Cello Tenor Clef Conversion Kit
     available again 2-09

String Emporium - bass    5-09


       

Winds

Van Cott Wind Instrument Sheet Music, Books, CD's, etc   6-07

Clarinet Central - articles, blog   3-15

FSW - Flute Society of Washington

Flute Summer Programs - much more - John Ranck    2-07

IDRS - International Double Reed Society

Oboe Reed Makers - Customer Reviews

Play With A Pro - Educational videos for wind players 11-14

Woodwind.Org (mainly Clarinet)

Bibliography of Music for Double Wind Quintet  11-08


Piano

Piano Technicians Guild (PTG)  1-08
   Find a piano tuner, much more

Piano World's Piano Forums

Piano Street's Piano Forums

Practising the Piano - Graham Fitch   4-13
  ebooks, articles, email tips

Clavier Companion   3-09

Collaborative Piano Blog   9-10

Golandsky Institute (Taubman Approach)  12-10

Musicians' Health, Piano Teaching, Anatomy/Biomechanics  9-06

Musical Fossils: Adult Piano Students  10-06
  of interest to most instrumentalists

Peter Feuchtwanger    4-07


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Chamber Music Workshops and Organizations

ACMP - the Chamber Music Network
    (formerly Amateur Chamber Music Players)
    Music Workshop Guide
    maintains national and international directories of members so you can find fellow players;
    promotes chamber music in many ways, including home coaching grants for members
    ACMP's Self Rating Guide

CMA - Chamber Music America
      

Adult Chamber Music Class at Crowden School  
CMNC recommends this class for people who want more instruction and experience before, or in addition to, attending a CMNC workshop.

Marin Community Music School - Chamber Music Coachings    San Anselmo

Little Mission Chamber Ensembles - classses (SF)


Ashland Chamber Music Workshop (ACMW)
2024:    July 14 – July 19

CalCap Chamber Music Workshop
2024:    Session 1: July 14-19     Session 2: July 21-26

Chamber Music Society of Santa Barbara Workshop
Our Fall 2023 Workshop will be held on November 11 & 12 at the Music Academy of the West

Humboldt Chamber Music Workshop
2024:    Week One July 1-5    Week Two July 8-12    

Socal - Southern California Chamber Music Workshop (formerly San Diego CMW)
2024:    July 21 – 27, 2024.
                    

AlpenKammerMusik   

Del Sol Chamberfest    January 27-28, 2024

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble - Intersection (LCCE)   
Rehearsals Jan 5 to Feb 18, 2022
Intensive: Feb 19 and Feb 20 2022

Sierra Chamber Ensemble Workshop - Faculty includes Felici Trio


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Publishers

Dover

Edition Silvertrust
    They "publish unjustly neglected [chamber] music by over 300 composers."
    Blog: articles on composers and music they publish.
    Guides to string and piano chamber music
    The Chamber Music Journal 1990- now online
    Women Composers

Hal Leonard   6-07

Henle   2-16
    Print music, iPad and Android digital parts and scores

International Music Co   12-21
    Includes some first page excerpts to view, and pdf catalog

Lauren Keiser Music Publishing   2-13
    has acquired Southern Music

Ourtext - Chamber Music for Strings   3-09
    Merton Music Catalog

Schirmer


Sheet Music Stores

    You might find the sheet music from other dealers besides those listed below:
    Use a search engine. Type the composer's name, piece, sheet music. Use "" to search by phrase.
    one example: "sheet music" "eduard franck" "piano quintet"

di-arezzo - classical

Hutchins & Rea    2-11

June Emerson Wind Music [UK]9-18

Shar
    String sheet music

Sheet Music Plus

Looksheetmusic.com    5-07
    Sheet music search engine


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Printable Music

Fee or Paid Membership Required

Virtual Sheet Music   2-08

EveryNote.com   2-08

More Sheet Music Download Links - EveryNote.com   2-08

CD Sheet Music
   buy cd-roms of printable public domain editions in pdf

Library Music Source   6-10
    individual parts and pieces from CD Sheet Music and Orchestral Musician

Sheet Music Archive


Mostly free downloads

Partifi   3-15
    "An automated tool for creating parts from music scores." Helpful if you can only find a score online.

IMSLP - International Music Score Library Project   12-06, available again 7-08
    imslp category search   
      music in the public domain, downloadable/printable as pdf files

MusOpen  2-18
   Public domain scores, parts, recordings

ScorSer  6-10
   Searches several sites for free pdfs, midis, etc

Beethoven String Quartets - CCARH  5-17
   Scores, some parts and recordings, history, context

The International Music Archives  1-10
   Buy collections of music for clarinets, other winds and strings, plus string quartets and quintets--pdf's on DVD's, flash drives, digital downloads
formerly Clarinet Institute

Classical Music Sheets Library   7-08

Classical Musical MIDI Page    6-08

Kunstderfuge - "The largest resource of classical music in .mid files"  6-20

CosandScores - music which includes piano   4-17

Digital Mozart Edition NMA Online   10-07

Free-Scores

Hybrid Vigor Music - The Quartet Project   12-09
  
Easier modern pieces for string quartets

JDH's Classical Sheet Music Gratis8-14
    Works for violin, viola, cello, string ensembles, string orchestra, etc.

Kreusch Sheet Music  7-08

Mutopia Project
    includes MIDI files

ESM - Sibley Music Library (Univ. of Rochester)
     Large collection including arrangements, lesser-known composers. Suggestion: search for trios, quartets, quintets, etc or by composer
    Voyager Catalog - Sibley Music Library   8-10

Violin Sheet Music  7-10

WIMA: Werner Icking Music Archive    6-09
    

Helpful

Coach's request: measure-number your parts and score.
    List of total number of measures in each movement for many chamber works
        and
    How to number measures


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Recorded Music

CD's / DVD's

ArkivMusic

Leonarda - Classical CDs, featuring women composers, other categories    1-16
       

Listen Online / Download / Purchase

IMSLP - many listings include recordings of the works

Amazon - Classical Music
    Chamber Music MP3's

ClassicalConnect - free classical music online  5-10

Classical Music Archives
   includes MP3 and MIDI files

Classic Cat    4-07
   links to free downloadable classical performances

Classics Online   9-07
   register, pay, and download mp3's, wma

eClassical

   free, downloadable mp3's

Piano Accompaniments  12-07
   MP3 and CD versions for solo instruments

WWFM webcasts  8-13
    The Piano Matters - David Dubal

medici.tv free and premium programs 12-18

YouTube 12-09


Internet Radio / Programs

Andras Schiff Lectures on Beethoven Piano Sonatas (MP3's)     6-07

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Lecture Videos  1-15
    In-depth look at the wide range of chamber music repertoire and its composers

Classical Music Radio Stations    8-10

Podcasts and MP3's from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum  12-06

NPR Music Classical Genre    11-16

Radio-Locator   2-09
   search Classical format for streaming, FM, AM radio

Saint Paul Sunday   12-06


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Software

Music Notation

Finale, PrintMusic, NotePad (Win, Mac)

Forte (Win)  3-14

LilyPond - free (Linux, FreeBSD, Mac, Win)   10-09

MuseScore - free (Win, Mac, Linux)  2-09

Noteflight - free, use online  10-09

NoteWorthy Composer (Win)  11-12

Overture, ScoreWriter (Win, Mac)

Sibelius (Win, Mac)

Steinberg's Dorico (Win, Mac)   1-20


Music OCR/Recognize/Transcribe

Neuratron: Photoscore, Audioscore (Win, Mac)   2-11

SmartScore - several editions (Win, Mac)   11-12

Transcribe! - software to help transcribe recorded music (Win, Mac, Linux)   7-07


Metronome software - free or low cost

PC Metronome (with different 1st beat sound)
    Virtual Keyboard and Midi Controller
    ChordPulse (produces chords and beat)
   9-12

TempoPerfect Metronome (PC, iPhone app)   9-12

5 Best Metronome Apps (iOS and Android)8-14


Other Software

Intonia - Intonation tool and pitch recorder    2-11

Anvil Studio MIDI sequencer/player (PC, free and paid versions)     6-08

oTuner - Chromatic Tuner - Windows  2-12

Tartini Music Analysis Tool - pitch, etc    2-12

5 Best Tuner Apps (iOS and Android)8-14


Adobe Reader - to view and print pdf files

Foxit Reader (PC)  3-11
   to view and print pdf files - can enlarge or reduce image when you print

Roboform - Web-form filler

Shortkeys - key sequence produces longer text (PC, free trial & paid versions)

TextExpander - key sequence produces longer text (Mac, $45)    5-07

TyperTask - key sequence produces longer text (PC, free)8-14


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Online Lessons and Tools

A-440 Tuning Fork Sound  8-06

A-440 Hz (2 minute sine wave).mp3   7-07
Bb 466.16 Hz (2 minute sine wave). mp3    3-11
   created using Audacity Sound Editor

Tuning Drones - selectable sound, pitch, interval   4-19

Online Tone Generator - selectable sine wave pitch, starts at A-440   12-15

Online Metronome - selectable first beat and rhythms   3-19

WebMetronome - selectable accented beats - requires Flash or download   12-15

Chords and Scales - Piano Room 9-09

eMusicTheory  9-06

Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net - Lessons, Trainers, Utilities  9-06

Music Learning Community   11-10
    games to learn the basics of music

Theta Music Trainer   2-13
    Music and ear training games

Printable Music Paper - many choices, 4 paper sizes8-14


Frequencies for Equal-Tempered Scale  10-08

Names of Keys in French, German, Italian, and Spanish   5-11

Natural Scale - Google Answers  10-08


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Research Resources

    see also    Bay Area Libraries (with large sheet music collections)

Advances in Cognitive Psychology - Music Performance  12-06

All Music - Chamber Music   3-14
   Use its Search for specific piece or composer, read background information and recordings

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Lecture Videos  1-15
    In-depth look at the wide range of chamber music repertoire and its composers

Classical Composers Database   4-10

Classical Net

Dolmetsch  12-06
    dictionary, composers, music theory, music paper (A4), more

earsense   2-10
   chamber music articles/program notes, "chamberbase" of 140+ composers, search by composer or work

Israel Music Institute

Music Notation Style Guide - Indiana University  11-12
    String section includes notation for harmonics

Musipedia Melody Search
    Enter the up-down contour of the melody

New York Philharmonic Digital Archives    2-13
   Marked Parts, Programs, audio, video

New York Philharmonic Performance History Search    8-09
   December 7, 1842 to last night's concert; includes chamber music concerts, performers

Orchestral Music Online   8-09

San Francisco Public Library
   Good sheet music collection
   Grove's Dictionary online (requires SFPL card)   

SJSU - Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies

U.C. Davis Music Library

WorldCat - World's Largest Library Catalog  10-06


Online Articles, Blogs

An open letter: Prepare for your Chamber Coaching   11-12
   by David Finckel and Wu Han: editions, markings, rehearsing, much more

The Chamber Music Journal is the only periodical devoted exclusively to non-standard, rare or unknown chamber music of merit. It is now exclusively an online publication. All issues 1990 to present are available to all at no cost (.pdf).   4-07

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The Bulletproof Musician  10-10
    Learn to overcome stage fright, performance anxiety, how to practice

Miroirs CA    3-17
    California online classical music journal

Slipped Disc   6-20
    International classical music information

The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness    3-11
   companion site to the book; blogs/articles on these topics

Molly Gebrian - Music and the Brain   8-16
   Scientifically effective ways to practice and use the metronome
    Molly Gebrian lecture on practice and metronome use

SFCV - San Francisco Classical Voice
   greater Bay Area: articles, reviews, calendar

NPR Music - Classical   9-11
    news, articles, NPR links and classical station streams, podcasts, app, weekly email newsletter

Training the Musical Brain (blog)   7-15

Violinist.com Blogs   9-14

KALW / Public Arts

Resuscitating Art Music, by John Steinmetz   3-07

I Can’t Go On! What’s behind stagefright?   4-16


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Musicians' Health

Musician Wellness, Health, Injury Prevention, Ergonomics, Hearing Conservation, Voice Care   3-11
   Extensive list of links to articles on these topics

Medical Problems of Performing Artists   3-11
   "the first clinical medical journal devoted to the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of medical and psychological disorders related to the performing arts"

Cleveland Clinic's Center for Performance Medicine   5-22

AAMHL - Association of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss   3-07

E-Hand: Anatomy of the Hand  10-13

Athletes and the Arts - Integrating Sports Medicine and Music  7-11

Ergocise.com   4-07
    reduce computer-related stress and tension, help prevent RSIs (Repetitive Stress Injuries)

John Ranck Health Resources   4-07

Musicians' Health   2-07
    Links, articles, including
    Stress in Piano Playing  

Other

Travel

USDA: International Traveler: Musical Instruments4-22

League of American Orchestras - Travel with Instruments - Aviation, Endangered Species Material7-16

Insurance

Clarion Musical Instrument Insurance
    see CMA membership benefits for reduced cost

Heritage Musical Instrument Insurance

  

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Miscellaneous

AirTurn    11-12
   Wireless hands-free turning, PDF marking software, laptop and tablet stands

MusicReader    12-12
   Digital music stand software

Music Light Reviews    5-18

Lotus Lights    2-12
   music stand lights, LED, rechargable battery

Stikato music stand    sticks to walls, carry in violin etc case. 4-19

Josef Siggemann Noligraph - 5-line stave pen    4-13

PayPal's Security Tips


Sergey Malov plays Violoncello da spalla   1-13
    cello range, held almost like viola


Scherzi

Salut Salon "Wettstreit zu viert" | "Competitive Foursome"   3-20

What Not To Do In String Quartet - TwoSetViolin   6-19

A country singer reminisces, tunefully, about his late father, who was a composer of atonal music   2-19

Piano Puzzler   5-14

Amazing photo - location unknown   2-15

Flanders and Swann - Ill Wind (lyrics)   5-07

Stringfever Bolero   4-07

CATcerto    1-13


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