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Violin/viola hand placement for 1st finger E

Added Sep 22, 2020 •

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This video describes how to play 1st finger E which we learn about on page 8 in your book. Please note my hand posture - no pancake wrist!!!

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hello I want to make a short video on what we learn today about first finger e so again quick review is going to hold your violin out like this with it make sure that you're holding your violin or Viola with your neck and then with your left hand you want to rest the neck of your violin between and this one can you bring that up to right here just a little bit I'm going to place the tip of your finger I remember I have a 5 string violin strings might be a little off from your you're going to put your first finger down on the tip if you have long fingernails you might have to cut your fingernails cuz you want to be on the tip of your and here we go. Here it should ring out and you should be pressing hard enough to get a nice ringing tone if you're not asking to be kind of that stop you're not pressing hard enough with your first and it should you should have a little indent on it that's how hard you're pressing so again I'm putting the neck and my violin right here you can kind of see there's a little hole this is incorrect I hope it up here and to make a pancake wrist out of it you want to be able to pull that place your first finger on that first thing we're going to be learning about F sharp and G placing those fingers on anyone on your tips of your fingers when you play other notes for senior second in your third finger. My pinky just kind of hanging out there being a little finger you're not popping your fingers off like this to play individual notes you put them when you put your finger down your second finger enf downplay your third you shouldn't be a nice ringing tone and 2 to get that nice ringing with these down here you're not going to get a very good nice and round. tips of my fingers first finger looks like that rock on good luck

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