Violin String Notes

The violin string notes are written across two octaves, three and four sometimes. But for basic beginner violin, you will play across three strings only.

As with any music, musical notes go from A to G only. So A, B, C, D, E, F, G and then it starts again with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C etc. In between these notes, there are half tones as well which makes up sharps or flats.

The violin string notes are ordered according to standard music theory. In other words, your notes are still A B C D E F G, but you start on the G string. Each finger is a different note. The notes on your strings are as follows:

G String: G, G#, A, A#, B, C, C#/li>

D String: D. D#, E, F, F#, G, G#

A String: A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#

E String: E, F, F#, G, G#, A

Of course if you are a beginner player, your violin string notes to start with will be in the scale of D Major. And for that to work, your fingers will be placed in the standard violin finger positions. To find out more about the finger positions, click on this link or watch my video here.

It is advisable to get a fretboard or mark your violin so you have the correct string positions to learn with the correct placement for the violin string notes to begin with.

In this case, your string notes will be as follows:

G string: First finger, A, second finger B, third finger C#

D string: First finger, D, second finger E, third finger F#

A string: First finger, B, second finger, C#, third finger D

E string: First finger F#, second finger G, third finger A

These are the basic violin string notes and names. Some of these are sharps because the first basic violin scale that everyone learns is D Major. D Major contains two sharps namely F and C. Thus, your violin string notes to start with will have these two sharps.

Click here for my video on the violin finger positions

Click here for where to place the finger positions.