Re: Violin notation advice requested

[Michael Gerdau]

> No, both are fingerings.  The upper fingering is the recommended version
> for best phrasing and distribution across strings, the lower fingering
> is the simpler version mainly in first position (not sure whether the I
> is supposed to indicate position or the E string, I think the latter),
> only escaping to third position where first position is clearly
> insufficient.

I agree with all of the above except that I'm pretty sure the roman
number indicates position and not string number. I've never seen a
violin fingering indicating the string. Stating the position and the
finger does denote the string indirectly and every violist I know
would immediately be able to tell the string :)

AFAIA only guitarists (and possibly bass players) think about their
strings in numbers :)

Kind regards,
Michael
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