Violin

Music for violin is notated sounding with the treble clef.

When noting music for violin, there are a few things to keep in mind:

you specify bow direction with bowing marks and down-bow
apart from ties most slurs will instruct to play the slurred notes with one bowing stroke.
Fingering for the left hand uses numbers 1 through 4 for index finger through little finger and a 0 for an open string.
flageolets are written with diamond-shaped noteheads.
the lowest possible note is a G₃, the highest note without having to play in position is an A₅.
strings are numbered from highest to lowest with roman numerals: I = E₅, II = A₄ , III = D₄ , IV = A₃
use pizzicato or pizz. to indicate that you should not stretch but strum. arco ends pizzicato.
if you want to play with sordine (damper), con sordino or con sord. is noted, and with senza sord. played normally again.

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