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Summary: Learn how to play fourth degree 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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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
Let's play our E flat major scale again. 1st degree E flat, 2nd degree of the scale F natural, 3rd degree of the scale G natural. Now let's talk about our 4th scale degree which is A flat. It is a flat and not a A natural because between 3 and 4 in a major scale is always a half step. So here it is A flat 4th finger right next to the 3rd finger on the D string. Between here, the 3rd, and here is our 4th A flat. Remember it is a half step.