Violin Scales in D Minor

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Part of the video series: How to Play the Violin: D Minor Scale

Summary: Learn how to play D Minor scales on a violin in this free video clip. Get violin lessons and music theory tips from an expert.

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Jason Salmon Jason Salmon has been playing the violin for seventeen years and been teaching violin for seven. He taught for the Ladsonian Foundation in New York, which off... read more

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J, Thanks for this set of videos. I am learning the violin (as an adult) and I find it really hard to find material that shows me where to actually put my fingers for the scales and how they sound. I learned G minor from you, and will tackle D minor now! Thanks Carol

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Violin Scales in D Minor

Hi, this is J today we are going to learn how to construct and play the D minor scale on the violin. We'll be going over the half steps and a whole step and that is the relationship between two notes. We'll be going over the scale degrees, how to get a good sound in your violin, fingerings, different octaves and basically everything you need to know on how to play this scale. Let's check out the scale a little bit. (playing violin)

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