Chapter IV
Violin Scales
Pick a scale from the circle of fifths, see where each finger lands on the violin in first position. Turn on listen mode and play slowly — the diagram lights up as you hit each note, with a needle showing how true your intonation is. Switch on blind mode to hide the notes and test your memory.
Scale
Outer ring is major keys, inner ring their relative minors. Clockwise adds a sharp, counter-clockwise a flat.
Selected: C Major
Scale notes
String fingerings
- G string 0·G · 1·A · 2·B · 3·C · 4·D
- D string 0·D · 1·E · 2·F · 3·G · 4·A
- A string 0·A · 1·B · 2·C · 3·D · 4·E
- E string 0·E · 1·F · 2·G · 3·A · 4·B
Blind mode
Hide the fingering and recall the scale yourself. Each note appears only once you play it.
Listen mode
Play the scale slowly on your violin. The matching note lights up on the fingerboard, and the needle shows whether you're sharp or flat.
First position only. Finger numbers follow standard violin notation (1 = index, 4 = pinky). Open strings (0) are shown above the nut. When the open string isn't part of the scale, the first finger sits a whole step above instead.