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Double Stops

The Nasty Scales Part 5

by Steve Maus

Going on in Flesch’s Scale System we stumble upon the double stops. So let’s begin with the thirds.
As usual he published just one version, so we have to adapt this part to our requirements:

We start with a slow speed to adjust our intonation. If we are not that experienced we will almost certainly run into [...]

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In technically more sophisticated pieces we often come across double stops that are really difficult to play.
Today I’ll show you an example how we can practice them very efficiently without wasting too much time. For this example I chose Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 1, first movement, letter E:

This is really hard to play unless we [...]

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