In this section you will find tools and resources related to music theory, note reading, and rhythm training.

Tips relating to the Fingerboard you will find in the section "Violin Practice".

For those of you who want permanent access to my comprehensive course on Note Reading and Music Theory, you can purchase it at violinlabcourses.com

A website to develop general music skills; ear training.

This website offers tutorials on music theory and articles on a variety of musical subjects, including a nice essay on "memorizing".

by Diane Allen who also wrote the Fingerboard Workbook Series

by Sinichi Suzuki. This is great for people who know the Suzuki songs already.

This website was developed by a group of composers and theory majors from University of Texas. The subscription price is reasonable and I sampled some of the games and quizzes and they are excellent.

Short music theory videos

This is a concise little book with well presented material.

This is a super interactive music theory site. Have loads of fun!

There is a section on music with several articles on music fundamentals.

I'm a huge fan of anything Faber Music Publishes, and the Author Paul Harris is a great violin pedagogue. This is the first of a series of books to help improve sight reading skills. Buy all of them.

This is one of the rhythm training books I grew up with as a kid. Excellent for developing fluid rhythmic skills.

Well organized presentation of rhythmic study sheets.

This is a level beyond the Basics in Rhythm.

Make your own moveable chart to easily look up mayor or minor scales. The charts work for mayor and minor keys up to five flats or sharps.