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Summary: Learn how to play fifth degree violin scales in G minor in this free video clip. Get violin lessons and music theory tips 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 G minor scale again. First scale degree is open G, second scale degree A natural, third B flat, fourth C natural. (playing violin) Now let's talk about our fifth scale degree which is D natural. It's your fourth finger on the open G string, fourth finger on the G string. (playing) Now between fourth scale degrees C natural and D natural is a whole step.