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In practice what's the difference in finger location between these almost identical notes on a violin? A millimeter?
by sgustard 4y ago
In practice what's the difference in finger location between these almost identical notes on a violin? A millimeter?
- powersnail 4y agoUsually the difference is a slight roll of the finger. But you can hear it. You might not know you can hear the difference in pitch, but you can hear one performer being cleaner than another and intonation accuracy is a huge factor.
- palimpsests 4y agoit depends on where it is on the fretboard. the higher you go in frequency, the physical distance between each interval on the fretboard becomes smaller. so if a +/- 5 cent adjustment is 0.5 mm at the first “fret” after the nut, it will be something like be 0.1 mm when you are at the 7th “fret” location (i.e where the interval of perfect fifth, relative to the open string, is played).