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Thursday 7 August 2008
Here is a document I have created that lists the notes on each string. It is intended to help young composers writing for violin to work out which chords etc. are possible. It is a violin fingering guide.
Click on the image to download the PDF.

There is a good article on harmonics with a useful table at:
http://www.musicalobservations.com/publications/harmonics.html
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AMA citation:
Hindson M. Violin fingering reference for composers. Matthew Hindson. 2008. Available at: http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/2008/08/07/violin-fingering-reference-for-composers/. Accessed September 3, 2010.
APA citation:
Hindson, Matthew. (2008). Violin fingering reference for composers. Retrieved September 3, 2010, from Matthew Hindson Web site: http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/2008/08/07/violin-fingering-reference-for-composers/
Chicago citation:
Hindson, Matthew. 2008. Violin fingering reference for composers. Matthew Hindson. http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/2008/08/07/violin-fingering-reference-for-composers/ (accessed September 3, 2010).
Harvard citation:
Hindson, M 2008, Violin fingering reference for composers, Matthew Hindson. Retrieved September 3, 2010, from <http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/2008/08/07/violin-fingering-reference-for-composers/>
MLA citation:
Hindson, Matthew. "Violin fingering reference for composers." 7 Aug. 2008. Matthew Hindson. Accessed 3 Sep. 2010. <http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/2008/08/07/violin-fingering-reference-for-composers/>
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