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Summary: To be a great violinist you need more than just scales. Here is a free video clip on the 5th degree of an G minor violin scale.
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Jason Salmon Jason Salmon has played the violin for more than a decade. He has taught for the Ladsonian Foundation in New York, which gives inner-city youths affordable vi... read more
Let's play our G minor melodic scale again. (playing violin) First scale degree open string, second scale degree first finger A, third B flat right next to it it's a half step away, fourth C natural. Now let's talk about our fifth scale degree which is D natural, it's played with the fourth finger on the G string; let's play it. (playing violin) That is a whole step away from a C natural.