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Summary: The violin is one of the most important melodic instruments in history. Learn a 4th degree A Minor scale arpeggios on it in this free video clip series.
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Jason Salmon Jason Salmon has been playing the violin for seventeen years and been teaching violin for seven. He has taught for the Ladsonian Foundation in New York, which... read more
Let's play our A tonic minor arpeggio. First scale degree, one A natural. Second, third finger on the G string. Third, first finger on the D string. (Audio demo) Let's go over our fourth scale degree which is A natural. A natural is played with our A string. No fingering, open A. Open A string is our fourth scale degree. Remember, you always go up in thirds.