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Summary: Learn how to read E minor scales on violin sheet music in this free video clip. Get violin lessons and music theory tips from an expert.
Jason Salmon has been playing the violin for 17 years, and has been teaching violin for seven years. He taught for the Ladsonian Foundation in New York, which offers affordable violin...read more
"We have now learned how to construct and play a E minor scale on the violin. But now let's take a look at it on staff paper. Come on. As you see we have our key signature which is a F sharp that is the only accidental that we have in the whole E minor scale. Let's start from scale degree number 1 we put 1 under it cause it is scale degree number 1 and that is a E. Okay 2 we see we have a F sharp. Do you see this V between 2 and 3? Between 2 and 3 in a minor scale you would represent that half step by putting a V under it. 4 is a A, 5 you see you have another V 5 and 6 half steps. So we put the V there 5 is V and 6 is C. 7 is D and 8 is E. "
eHow Article: How to Read E Minor Violin Scales