KNOWING HOW TO PLAY VIOLIN/VIOLA STRINGS

Step 7 shows the Guide on the violin finger board and ready to use

There are 4 strings on the violin and these strings are called: E string, A string, D string, and G string. The E string is closest to your fingers and the G string is closest to your thumb. With your left hand under the neck of the violin, your thumb is placed on the back side of the neck which leaves your four fingers ready to play the four strings. Each finger is also assigned a number.

Index finger - 1st

middle finger - 2nd

ring finger - 3rd

little/pinkie - 4th.

In much of the beginning music, you will see numbers above the notes. These numbers correspond with the appropriate fingers. Thus, you actually do not even need to know the notes as long as you know which finger matches a specific number.

If you don't know how the fret board is marked you can simply buy an artificial fret board sticker and this is how you can fix it.

Step One: No need to remove or loosen the strings. Start by separating the Guide from the plastic backing sheet. Be sure to save the backing sheet for later use.

Step 1 is to peel the first position violin fingering guide off the plastic backing

Step Two: Slide the Guide over the fingerboard and under the strings. Make sure to get the Guide under all the strings.

Step 2 slide the violin fingering guide over the fingerboard and under the strings

Step Three: Position Guide correctly. Slide the top of the Guide up to the nut. Usually the nut is a black piece of acrylic or bone that is at the very top of your fingerboard, right where the strings start over the fingerboard. It has little grooves filed in it to "cradle" the strings. Position the two red center markers on the Guide (one at the top and one at the bottom), in the center of the middle two strings.

Step 3 position the guide correctly with the two red center position markers

Step Four: Stretch and smooth the Guide over the fingerboard to form a vinyl "skin" on the fingerboard.

Step 4 stretch and smooth the guide over the fingerboard to form a vinyl skin on the fingerboard.

Step 5a: Wrap one flap around the back of the neck and press flat. Smooth out any wrinkles or bubbles on the back of the neck.

Step 5 Wrap one flap around the back of the neck and press flat

Step 5b: This step shows one flap folded over the back of the neck. Any wrinkles or bubbles have been smoothed out at this point.

Step 5b shows one flap floded over the back of the neck with any wrinkles or bubbles smoothed out

Step Six: Fold second flap around the back of the neck and smooth out any wrinkles or bubbles. Look carefully at the space between the bottom of the strings and the fingerboard to make sure no vinyl is touching any of the strings. If vinyl is touching a string, simply undo the second flap, re-stretch the vinyl over the fingerboard and re-fold the second flap on the back of the neck.

Step 6 shows the second flap around the back of the neck and smooth out any wrinkles or bubbles

Step Seven: The Guide is ready to use. The vinyl will be smooth and flat on the fingerboard and the back of the neck. You are ready to get started.You are not ready to play, this is how it will look like.