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Fiddle tunes are an essential component of violin playing, whether or not your aim is to be a classical violinist.  We've compiled this list of fiddle tunes for you to learn and continue your love for practice.

This time of the year is also the best to face your fears and challenge yourself. For some musicians that means practice, more research, or trying something completely new. Let's take a look at some of the most influential horror themes that inspire us. 

Traveling by air can be overwhelming, and even more so if you’re planning to take your instrument with you! We wanted to give you a few tips on how best to prepare your instrument (and yourself) for some common in-flight issues you might come across on your next adventure.

We wanted to take a deep dive into why you might pay lots of money for what you might see as a curvy wooden box with strings. Well, it’s all about the wood, the maker, the craft, and *get ready to put on your French accent* the provenance.

Niccolò Paganini was called a sorcerer, charlatan, magician, wizard, Witch's Son, and the Devil's Violinist. But why? Join us as Shar Music® investigates four common myths about the virtuoso.

Halloween season is a wonderful time to pull together an appropriately spooky repertoire. Shar Music® has a few suggestions for you!

Violinist Samuel Vargas Teixeira leads a diverse career as a performer, educator, and entrepreneur. We interviewed Samuel to discuss his winding and intricate path to becoming a classical violinist, as well as the philanthropy he is involved in providing music to children all over the globe. 

Horror films, and by extension the orchestras and string instruments that help make them uniquely unsettling, are so culturally important to us that it makes sense we take a bit of time to think about how the score is actually composed.

Shar Music’s own Shruthi Kattumenu sat down for an in-person interview with Jerod to discuss his career, aspirations, and moments of pride he celebrates as a Native American musician and composer.