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Violin Exercises in the Third Position
Violin Lesson: Double Stops in the Third Position
Violin Lesson: C & G Double Stops in the Third Position
Violin Lesson: G & D Double Stops in the Third Position
Violin Lesson: D & A Double Stops in theThird Position
Violin Lesson: Four-Finger Exercise on G String
Violin Lesson: Four-Finger Exercise on D String
Violin Lesson: Four-Finger Exercise on A String
Violin Lesson: Four-Finger Exercise On E String
Violin Lesson: Sixths
Violin Lesson: C & A Sixths in Third Position
Violin Lesson: G & E Sixths in Third Position
Violin Lesson: D & B Sixths in Third Position
Violin Lesson: 1st Finger G Scale
Violin Lesson: 1st Finger D Scale
Violin Lesson: 1st Finger D Scale
Summary: When playing violin sixths, test octaves to make sure you stay in tune. Learn how to play C and A violin sixths in the third position in this free music lesson video from an expert violinist.
Elizabeth Willis is a classically-trained violinist and pianist. He has studied piano since the age four, and violin since the age of five. She studied at the St. Louis Community Music...read more
"For C and A that is the first sixth that we are going to look at and to remember the sixth you can count it up from the C note to C, D, E, F, G, A will give you your six and to get to the C on the G you just practice sliding up to third and the A note is actually your second finger on the D string but before you play them together in tune your A on the D string with your open A so testing your octaves again to make sure you are in tune you can kind of adjust your second finger until you find the A and then go back to the C so it helps to test the A first."
eHow Article: Violin Lesson: C & A Sixths in Third Position
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