Violin Fingering Charts
Violin Fingering ChartsHere are a few violin fingering charts
for the most common beginning scales.
When you first start playing you may start by learning one new
finger at a time. Once you have a first, second and third finger
under your belt, you can start on your scales. D major (1 octave)
or G major (1 or two octaves) are the most common to begin with
since they have easy finger patterns to remember, and avoid the F
natural on the E string which can be a bit awkward to start
with.
In each picture, the black bar at the left hand side represents
the nut of the fingerboard. The horizontal lines are the strings,
which are labeled at the left with G at the bottom and E at the
top. The notes with a grey background are the ones you would
normally use to play the given scale to start with.
The white background notes are there to show where other notes
in the scale fall, but would either not usually be played for a one
or two octave scale, or would require the fourth finger instead of
the open string (which is good practice once you get the hang of
it)
All the scales are in first position.
G major, 2 OctavesNote that the scale starts with the open G
string
D major, 1 OctaveThis time the scale starts with the open D
string
A major, 2 Octaves
B flat major, 2 Octaves
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