Ach, need help with 3 octive g-minor scale on violin...

[Braves]

california Music Teachers test coming up and I can't remember hwo to play a 3 octive g-minor scale on my violin. Anyone of u proteges out there wanna give me a hand? Or direct me to a place where I can see visual of it.

 

[gl0rfindel]

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, B, A, Start

 

[MacBaine]

Start at G, play minor scale to the next G. repeat twice.

 

[Braves]

thank you for the two completely useless and unfunny posts... but i'm actually serious and pretty desperate

 

[Jzero]

Don't complain, at least you're getting bumpage

 

[thelanx]

Are you doing melodic, harmonic, or simple?

 

[Braves]

melodic

 

[454Casull]

Start from open G, A, Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G (on D string), A, Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G (on E string), and shift. At least that's how I remember it...

 

[thelanx]

I think it's G A Bb C D E F# G and repeat

 

[Talon]

How about a two octave G-minor and you take it from there. There's an audio link.

http://members.tripod.com/~mrfiddle/gmin.html

 

[454Casull]

thelanx, Eb, not F#.

 

[Descartes]

<< Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, B, A, Start >>



LOL

 

[thelanx]

<< thelanx, Eb, not F#. >>


Are you sure? I thought for melodic you take the key signature of the major scale and sharp the sixth and seventh notes?

 

[Braves]

thx very much, it helped a lot

 

[454Casull]

Mmmm... now I'm not so sure.

 

[Pennstate]

I don't know if this is too late.
But here's the fingering from the my Carl Flesch scale book.

start from G, play 4th fingers, no open strings, shift to 3rd on A-string, 5th position on E string. Use a 4th finger extension for the high G. Coming back down: 432-321-321......etc Use open strings this time.

"-" means shift.

Hope that helps