Violin Tuning: D String

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Part of the video series: Violin Tuning

Summary: Tuning the D string on violin should produce a ringing tone on the top of the note. Learn more about how to tune a violin D string with tips from a violinist in this free music lesson video on violin tuning.

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By Elizabeth Willis
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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

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"So for the D string, very similar to the G string and the other strings you want to hear a ring on top. So when you're playing you should hear a little bit of a ring that'll let you know that your D string is in tune and it also will help your sound come out even more to have a great sounding string that's very much in tune. So you're actually hearing a little bit of a harmonic on top when you're playing that. And so that's how you know if it's in tune, you really want to hear that ringing sound because it lets you know that not only is your string in tune but it's in tune with all the other strings. And if you listen very, very closely when you hear that ring you can actually almost hear, you can hear the ringing of the other strings as well. So it's a very rounded sound, a full sound that you want to have and you can hear it on all the strings. So next we're going to focus exclusively on the A string as well as the E string and do some more tuning exercises."