Grade 2 Scales Sheet - Violin
Grade 2 Scales Sheet - Violin
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F major scale - separate bows
Keep your 1st and 2nd fingers backwards! You should have a gap between 1 and 2 and a gap
between 2 and 3. œ
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F major scale - slurred
Keep your 1st and 2nd fingers backwards! You should have a gap between 1 and 2 and a gap
between 2 and 3. œ
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G harmonic minor scale - slurred
On the G string, 1 is normal and 2 is close to 1. On the D string, 1 is far back and 2 is close to 3
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D harmonic minor scale - separate bows
On the D string, 1 is normal and 2 is close to 1. On the A string, 1 is far back and 2 is close to 3
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D harmonic minor scale - slurred
On the D string, 1 is normal and 2 is close to 1. On the A string, 1 is far back and 2 is close to 3
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G major scale - separate bows
On the G and D string, 2 is close to 3, on the A and E string, 2 is close to 1
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F major arpeggio
1st and 2nd fingers back!
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G minor arpeggio
2nd fingers close to 1st!
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D minor arpeggio
2nd fingers close to 1st!
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G major arpeggio
On the G string, keep your 2nd finger close to 3, on the E string keep it close to 1.
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A major arpeggio
On the G string, stretch that 3rd finger! But on the E string, keep it normal.
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Bb major arpeggio
Keep your 1st and 2nd fingers back all the time, and use a close 4th finger for the high Bb.
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