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Summary: The violin is one of the most important melodic instruments in history. Learn an Bb (B Flat) Major scale arpeggio 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
Alright, an Arpeggio is different from our scale. First, it's based upon thirds, okay? Also, an Arpeggio, okay, has only three notes, okay, unlike a scale, which has eight. These have only three, well, seven, technically, but these only have three notes to go upon. In our scale that we have now, which is a B flat major tonic Arpeggio, we have B flat, D flat, D natural, I mean, and F natural. These three notes will be repeated the whole Arpeggio, just with different fingerings and different positions. So, let's play.