High Tech for Strings: Violin

High Tech for Strings was designed as a comprehensive technique book for building the capabilities of the high school level string orchestra, High Tech for Strings contains a wealth of technical studies, bowing studies, position studies, etudes and melodic studies that can be used throughout the school year to help the developing string ensemble build a solid technique. It has been meticulously written by a leader in the field and carefully tested with students throughout the writing process. Examples and studies use familiar folk and classical material and the books progress from the easier sharp keys that feature open strings (G major, D major to more challenging Keys (Bb major, F minor) and higher positions.

Doris Gazda is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Penn State University. She played violin professionally with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and as a free-lance musician in the Washington, D.C. area. She also taught strings for many years in the public schools of Montgomery County, MD and most recently served as a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University, where she taught string methods classes.