Sunday, January 3, 2010

Violin Fingerings

Having a little trouble remembering where your fingers go? Violinonline.com has many wonderful resources to guide your study, but I especially like the Interactive Violin Fingerboard. Here, you can see the note names, roll over them with your mouse to see the finger pattern (and staff notation!), and even click on the notes to hear a MIDI tone of that pitch. My only complaint about the diagram is that the notes seem like they are spaced far apart, when in reality each one is only a half-step (and thus, a very small space -- if any) apart. However, this is not too much of a problem since the picture shows hand positions on the actual instrument.