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Open Strings on the Violin

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Summary: The open strings on a violin are labeled as G, D, A and E, with the G being the lowest and the E being the highest. Hear how all of the open strings sound on a violin with help from a violin teacher in this free video on open strings on the violin.

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By Jason Salmon
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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

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"First, we would be going over all the open strings on the violin. There is G, D, A, and E. Let's play them. That is the E string which is the highest string on the violin. Let's play A now. That is one of the middle strings in the violin A. No fingers remember just open A. The next string is one of the middle strings in the violin it is called D. Again this is D and it is one of the middle strings in the violin. The next one last but not least is the G string the lowest string on the violin so it has a lower sound then all of them. See how low that sound is it is deep compare to all the other strings. "

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