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rightbackatyou Junior Member
Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 1
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:12 am Post subject: Beginer; Need Help With Jumping Strings |
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I've been playing violin for about 2 months now and it seems I've hit something of a wall in that I'm having trouble with the fingering when switching from notes on the D string to notes on the A string.
I have difficulty smoothly moving from say G or F# note to A, B, C#. I've been practicing on this one exercise in my book (All For Strings) for about a week now and still can't seem to play the song smoothly at all.
Is there some kind of warm up song or exercise that I could do that would give me alot of practice moving between strings? The Meow-Mix song helped me alot in moving my fingers correctly on one string, now I'm looking for a song that could help me practice jumping from one string to the next, something that I could do for like 10-15 minutes each morning before I start doing my exercises out of the book?
Thanks a million. |
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BARRY S. Junior Member
Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 9 Location: Nottingham England
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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Hi RightBackAtYou,
Welcome to the forum
Glad youve had loads of help on "FiddleForum", surprised nobody on here has answered you
Im pretty new to it myself. I have lessons, tried for a while on my own, not an easy instrument to learn. I dont find crossing over too much of a problem, depending on what im trying to play & the tempo _________________ Fiddlers must learn to slur
Like cats must learn to purr
To prove that your no fool
Slur & play it cool!
BARRY S. |
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Shirley Senior Member
Joined: 13 May 2007 Posts: 178 Location: West of Denver, Colorado, USA
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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Hello, BackatYou - This part of the forum has been pretty slow lately, though with your help it might get back it's groove!
I play the viola, but I think that some of these basics are the same for violin - I'm assuming you mean you would like to change strings more smoothly during a slur? On one bow? (Otherwise I don't believe there would be a problem.)
You can try changing strings at the tip of your bow, if you are using a downbow. Or, try staying at the top third or so of your bow if on an upbow. Maybe this will help.
There are a lot more experienced players on this board than I am, so I'm hoping you receive a lot more replies.
Good luck! Shirley
PS In case you do mean that you are having trouble moving from one string to another using seperate bow strokes, perhaps a few minutes of merely bowing open strings would give your muscles the idea - not a bad exercise to practice anyway! |
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BARRY S. Junior Member
Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 9 Location: Nottingham England
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Shirley wrote: | Hello, BackatYou - This part of the forum has been pretty slow lately, though with your help it might get back it's groove!
I play the viola, but I think that some of these basics are the same for violin - I'm assuming you mean you would like to change strings more smoothly during a slur? On one bow? (Otherwise I don't believe there would be a problem.)
You can try changing strings at the tip of your bow, if you are using a downbow. Or, try staying at the top third or so of your bow if on an upbow. Maybe this will help.
PS In case you do mean that you are having trouble moving from one string to another using seperate bow strokes, perhaps a few minutes of merely bowing open strings would give your muscles the idea - not a bad exercise to practice anyway! |
Nice one Shirley
Maybe Shirley & I will prompt others to post _________________ Fiddlers must learn to slur
Like cats must learn to purr
To prove that your no fool
Slur & play it cool!
BARRY S. |
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Amalia Member
Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 129
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject: scales again |
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Well, I hate scales, but you can practice a lot of things using scales.
It's been a month since you first posted, are you still having problems? How are things going otherwise? |
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