7 Things To Do When Practicing Scales on the Violin - Tips for Violinist/Violists

Here are 7 things to do when practicing scales to play violin effectively.

This is part one of How To Practice Scales for violinists and violists (great for cellists too!)

Stay tuned for Part 2 where I address more advanced concepts.

The tips in this video are meant for those who are starting out learning scales on the violin as well as for those who are more advanced/experienced and need a refresher.

After all, it's never a bad time to review the basics! 😁

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Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction to How To Practice Scales on the Violin
0:20 Tip #1: Listen for Sympathetic Vibrations
2:46 Tip #2: Match Perfect Intervals.
4:19 Tip #3: Use Double Stop Opportunities
5:12 Tip #4: Avoid fishing for pitches, drop and lift fingers cleanly on the fingerboard.
5:52 Tip #5: Train your fourth finger and first finger as a double stop when crossing strings.
6:32 Tip #6: Make sure your fingers are down ahead of time.
7:20 Tip #7: Keep fingers in a healthy hand frame.

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[judsu]

I will be coming back to this video often! 👏

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Hello, hello! Scale time! 🎻 🎼 🙂

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[nickcarper]

Wonderful video, Lynn! Can’t wait for the follow up.

[louisvuitton]

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[MilinndSagar]

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[vladmed]

How do I figure out where is the correct pitch without "fishing"? Everybody teaches to "just put your fingers to correct positions like a hammer", but why would I play scales if I could do that? :)

[leopardtiger]

Always practice inside a closed big empty roo no furniture no curtains no fans running. Then the accustics is good you can hear every note and adjust the pitch. Resonance is used to tune the violin. Practicing outside in the open is not ideal because wind breeze an distort sound waves.