all with the utmost possible tone, and afterwards with varying nuances:—
The scales are then practised with varying bowings and rhythms, legato and staccato, for example:—
Fingering of the scales.
To each note in the first position belongs its own finger, whether the note is raised or lowered a semitone, the same finger being used. As a rule in ascending passages the open string is used; downwards, the 4ᵗʰ finger is preferred in its stead. If the notes of the open strings are raised a semitone, usually the 4ᵗʰ finger plays it on the string below.
