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Summary: Learn how to read D 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
"So now we learned how to construct and play a D minor scale on the violin. But now let's take a look at it on staff paper, take a look. You see we have a key signature which is one flat, B flat. We have a one under the D cause that represents our first scale degree. Two is under E our second scale degree now if you notice we have a little V here, cause between two and three five and six are always half steps. This V represents a half step. Our fourth scale degree is G so we put four under that, A five again we see the V the V represents what, a half step. We keep going C is the seventh scale degree and D is our final last eighth scale degree."
eHow Article: How to Read D Minor Violin Scales