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virtuoso77
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:30 pm    Post subject: Violin A # Reply with quote

Hi, guys. I'm trying to learn how to play an A # on the A string. Here's a chart:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Violin_first_position_fingering_chart.svg

A sharp or flat is just a half step above or below the natural, right? So exactly how much higher will I be putting my finger based on this chart, in order to play an A # on the A string? I mean, how much higher is a half step approximately on the violin?
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Lemuel
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You are right.....a sharp or flat is just half step above or below the natural.

To play the A#, just place your first finger on the fingerboard on the A string
right next to the violin nut (the slightly, higher black ridge where the strings
rests on before entering the peg box). A half step takes approximately a
finger's width. So to play B on the A string, you would pretty well place your
second finger on the A string right next to and touching the first finger.
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