Amanda Wall Strings

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  • Welcome.

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    If you just found this site, welcome! I am a certified teacher in both vocal and instrumental music, and I have been teaching privately since high school. I now primarily teach out of my home, offering private lessons to students in the greater Kansas City area. I provide lessons to students for their individual goals…

  • The Humble Etude: The Mainstay of String Technique

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    If you’ve ever marveled at a jaw-dropping performance by a string player on YouTube (you know the ones, where their left hand is climbing up and down the fingerboard at lightening speed while the bow works to light a fire above the fingerboard?), chances are the performer has spent significant quality time in a practice…

  • Need Literature?

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    Have you heard of IMSLP? It stands for International Music Score Library Project, a site dedicated to preserving electronically classical music literature. If you’ve been instructed to purchase a particular piece of music (or a book of etudes!), give this website a look first. I have found many different sources of etudes for my students,…