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Rebecca MacLeod University of North Carolina Multimedia by Dave Sebald Advanced Instructional Media © 2017 Rebecca Macleod,  v. 171106

Title: Choosing Fingerings

Viola Tutorial 3 Choosing Fingerings

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String: Position: Finger 1 note: Pattern:

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Finger the above passage using a single position.

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Shift on smaller intervals.

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Use landmark positions.

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Avoid awkward string crossings.

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Fingering Guidelines:

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Avoid open strings.

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Maximize notes in a single position.

Tempo and style affect fingering choices.

Guide: How to enter fingering parameters: 1. Click on any note to select it (or press left/right arrow keys to select sequentially). 2. Drag the hand by its dot to the correct string and position.     (If the hand doesn’t snap to the strings and positions at first, try dragging it fully to the   …..left and then down a few positions to reset it.)  3. Click on a pattern selection button (1 2 3 or 4) when you need to set it or change it. 4. Click on the finger tip that plays each selected note.  Click on the nut to play an …..open string. 5. Apply the guidelines:     1. Maximize the number of notes in a single position.     2. Shift on smaller intervals.     3. Use landmark positions.     4. Avoid awkward string crossings.     5. Avoid open strings.     6. Tempo and style affect fingering choices.

   

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Now finger the passage using these guidelines: 1) Maximize the number of notes in a single position. 3) Use Landmark positions.

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Try fingering this example in first position.

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4. Don’t use position I here.   Use these guidelines: 1) Maximize the number of notes in a single position. 4) Avoid awkward string crossings. 6) Tempo and style affect finger choice.

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4. Now try to find another position and fingering.