Purchasing a professionallevel violin or viola is an important, costly, timeconsuming, and possibly stressful task. Luthier, David Finck, offers an efficient, straightforward strategy to help you zero in on the best candidates and have confidence in your final decision.

The Playing Program:
1. Slow bows, open strings
2. Rapid, 1st position, 2octave, Gscale
3. 11/2 octave scale up each string
4. Match pitches between strings
5. Spiccato passages
6. Concerto opening
7. Excerpt from Bach (Chaconne or fugue)


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