What are the notes on a viola?

Answer 1

On a violin, the lowest note is the open string 'G' below 'Middle C'. It is relatively easy to play the 'G' that is 3 octaves higher but a good violinist can play hundreds of notes much higher than that.

Some string instruments, such as the guitar or mandolin, have frets going across the fingerboard which allow only certain predefined notes to be played.

There are no frets going across the fingerboard of the violin, so - because each finger's position can be varied very finely - it is impossible to say exactly how many different notes can be played by a skilled violinist.

The first answer shown above could perhaps be trying to describe the notes played in what is called the "First Position" but is incomplete because it fails to mention:

• that you must learn how to play semitones (half notes) accurately, so that you can play tunes in both major and minor modes of the five main key signatures (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) and their flat and sharp key signature variants (A flat, B flat, C sharp, E flat, F sharp);
• that, in addition to playing normally, by using full finger pressure on a string, you must learn how to produce even higher notes by using the "harmonics" made by allowing a finger to touch lightly against a string in a controlled manner;
• that there are several higher positions - above the 1st position - which you must learn to be able to play even a small amount of the vast range of music that has been written for the violin.

After you have learnt how to play in 1st position, the next one to learn is the 3rd position, followed by the 2nd position and then the 4th.

There are several more positions after those first four, but you would have to achieve a very high standard of playing to be able use them...

Answer 2

The notes of the violin are-

open strings (strings played without any fingering)

G,D,A,E

Notice the notes are in order of thickness

All the notes of the violin are from A to G

The notes are in order, example

Open string G plus one finger equals A then two fingers is B and so on

The fourth finger on all the string except E make the sound and are the same letter as the one next to it, fourth finger on G will give you D.

play F E D A G D E A A E D G G D A E

Answer 3

The four strings on a violin are tuned (from lowest to highest) to G, D, A, and E. Other notes can be played by pressing your finger along a string at different intervals.

Answer 4

The lowest note on the viola is a C. The other strings are G, D, and A.

Answer 5

First String- G, A, B, C

Second String- D ,E, #F, G

Third String- A ,B, C, D

Fourth String- E, F, G, A

Answer 6

A violin can play any note from G3 to C8. It is impossible to play lower than G3, but notes higher than C8 can be produced using harmonics.