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Summary: The violin is one of the most important melodic instruments in history. Learn a 6th 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 more than 15 years and been teaching violin for seven. He taught for the Ladsonian Foundation in New York, which ... read more
Let's play our A tonic minor arpeggio once again. First finger, third finger, first finger on the D string, Open A, C natural. (Audio demo) Let's go over our sixth scale degree which is an E natural. Open E. No fingers, just open E. From our C natural, our fifth scale degree, it's a minor third. Remember, everything in a tonic minor goes up in minor thirds.