AMERICAN STRING TEACHER August 2007 | Volume 57 | Number 3 AUGUST 2007 AUGUST Back to School Issue: The Use of Tartini Tones in Teaching Music Room Basics: Budget Battles Set-up: Fitting the Instrument to the Body, When All Bodies Are Different plus... String Industry Council Directory American String Teachers Association 3 www.astaweb.com AMERICAN STRING TEACHER CONTENTS August 2007 | Volume 57 | Number 3 Features and Forums The Use of Tartini Tones in Teaching What are all of those weird noises that appear and disappear when you play double stops? 32 If you’ve never heard them, you might want to close your eyes and stop reading immediately. But for those of you already familiar with TTs, you might not realize the exciting teaching tool you have in your grasp, and how it can inspire a deeper understanding of intonation, tone color, and bow control. by Fritz Gearhart Music Room Basics: Budget Battles 36 Did you know that some of your students are going to stay in school and continue their educa- tion because of a single teacher or a single class? The unfortunate truth is that some students are barely hanging on by a single thread and are almost “looking for” any excuse to quit. Especially in high school, kids are facing serious challenges today that are tremendously stressful. by L. Dalton Potter Set-up: Fitting the Instrument to the Body, When All Bodies Are Different! 38 One prevalent issue among private and public school string teachers is setting up violin and viola students with a good shoulder rest/chin rest combination. There are many products on WKHPDUNHWDQGPRVWWHDFKHUVZRXOGDJUHHQRVLQJOHSURGXFWÀWVDOOVWXGHQWV:KDWFDQD teacher do if he has limited time to get a classroom full of kids set-up well? by Liz Dinwiddie Cello Forum: 66 Order of Importance: A Cellist’s Perspective $FHOORLVDEHDXWLIXOH[SHQVLYHJORULÀHGQRLVHPDNHUWKDWFDQLIWKHSOD\HULVVNLOOHGDQG motivated to do so, give expressive sounds to music. Its range and timbre more closely paral- OHOVWKDWRIWKHKXPDQYRLFHWKDQGRHVDQ\RWKHUDUWLÀFLDOO\FRQVWUXFWHGLQVWUXPHQW by Edward Laut Viola Forum: Viola Music by Women Composers In recent years there has been a tremendous interest in learning more about music by women 68 composers. 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