Hello,

Can someone help me please?

My daughter is playing the Rumanian Dances for List C in Grade 7 Violin in a few weeks time.
She hasn't done No 5 with her teacher yet and wants to practise it! but isn't sure what fingering to use.

I'm guessing to get both D's at the beginning you need to play the top D in 3rd position with lower open D string.
Therefore will the top note fingerings be D 1st finger, F sharp 3rd finger, A stretched 4th finger etc ?
Then where does she shift to get the lower notes in the 2/4 bar?
I suspect the third line is the same fingering
Bar 13 - is this 4th finger on A and 2nd finger on C sharp the 3rd finger on D?
Bar 17 onwards - is all of this on the G string right to the end fingered 1 3 4 3 as at the beginning? Where should she shift in bar 19 to get down?

Any other suggestions would be grateful.

Many thanks

Kjpt

Hi kjpt99.


Yeah, Bartok...

I adore these Romanian Dances...
Anyway, on your points on fingering...


Beginning, after the four-bar piano intro, we get exactly as you descibed....

(bar 3) fingers for top notes I would use D =1, F# = 3, A = stretched 4;
(bar 4) identical
(bar 5) E (2) then shift down to 1st position and take the next E = 4;

third line -ditto

(bar 13) yes thats plausible - hold the A with 4th finger on D string, but.... maybe, as you're already in 3rd position on the D string, play the long tied A as an open string and the upper notes on the D string, 4th position with extension (or 5th, with first finger back for the first A);
(bar 17 onwards) yes why not play this all on the G string, same fingering as the beginning - good idea, then shift down as before, in bar 19 ditto as in bar 7 - first E with 2nd finger then shift down to 4th finger for the second E,creating 4 3 2 3 2 1 for the rest of that bar. Or if this proves a nightmare when at speed, take the whole thing from bar 17 onwards in first position, open D strings throughout. After all, it is meant to evoke the rustic charm of traditional, folk music....

Good luck

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