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Violin Tuning Importance
Violin Tuning Pegs
Violin Concert 440 Tuning
Violin Tuning: G String
Violin Tuning: D String
Violin Tuning: A String
Violin Tuning: E String
Violin Tuning: G & D Strings
Violin Tuning: D & A Strings
Violin Tuning: A & E Strings
Violin G Harmonic
Violin D Harmonic
Violin A Harmonic
Violin E Harmonic
Violin Tuning Pegs
Violin Fine Tuners
Summary: Concert 440 is the standard tuning for a violin. Learn more about the history of concert 440 violin tuning with tips from a classically trained violinist in this free music lesson video.
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
"Today modern violins they use a, what is called Concert 440 to tune to. Now back in the Baroque days, on Baroque violins was actually, I just played a Baroque instrument a couple months ago. You found that the tuning was actually a lot lower so today, to today’s modern ears the tuning on a Baroque instrument sounds like it's very, very flat. So a concert A 440 just sounds like this and as the A tunes a little bit higher that's when the 440 becomes higher. So as you tune higher a, and you can just kind of put your finger down on the A string and hear, to hear how your A string goes up in pitch and it's a very, very subtle thing but your A pitch actually does go up just a little bit. And when you tune down you'll find that the tuning sounds a little flatter."
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