Text Box: Text Box: FRETLESS STUDIO 207 Church Street, #5 Easton PA 18042 Mailing Address: 509 Reeder Street Easton PA 18042 Telephone: 610-438-5078 Text Box: GOALS Readiness Singing in tune    Moving rhythmically Awareness: Full, rich sound: dynamic range, vibrato   Playing in tune – using music's tonal vocabulary   Rhythmic security Skills: Playing by ear, not by code   Physical agility   Literacy – reading music   Awareness – form, key, mode, style Independence: String playing is challenging as well as complex.  Since music is an art, students, ideally, become self-critical in a constructive, positive way.   Text Box: fretless A Whole-String Approach to String Playing Violin (Fiddle) Viola Cello Since the middle of the Eighteenth Century, there have been two avenues to string playing – professional and amateur.  Conservatories, such as the Curtis Institute or the Manhattan School of Music, will always offer a professional approach – one that preserves options. Options such as playing jazz or classical, reading at sight, performing with or without a score. Now, drawing on the research of Edwin Gordon, GIA has developed materials that offer a professional track, musical foundation.  Combining these materials with the Rolland technical actions has produced fretless.