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Summary: The violin is one of the most important melodic instruments in history. Learn the string names of a violin in this free video clip series.

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Violin String Names

Now, let's go over the open strings on the violin, okay? First, we have a G. Next we have a D. Next string is A and the next is E. Okay? Four strings on the violin. Alright? Let's go over them. Here's G. It's our furthest string to the left and it's also our lowest string on the violin. Next, let's go over D. D is our second to lowest string on the violin. Okay? And it's one of the middle strings and that's about it. The next is A string. A is third to lowest string on the violin. Also, one of the middle strings. Okay, next is our E. Our highest string on the violin.

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