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Summary: Learn how to play open strings violin scales in Eb (flat) Major in this free video series. Get music theory tips and violin lessons from an expert.
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About the Expert
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
First let's talk about the open strings on the violin. We have G our lowest sounding string on the violin we have D one of the middle strings on the violin. We have A another one of the middle strings in the violin and we have E the highest string on the violin. Let's play them. Here is G. G is your furtherest string to the left. Here is D. D is the next string over. A, and last but not least we have our E string the furtherest string to the right. Now between all these strings you would have fingerings. Those are the notes that make up any piece you can possibly play.