Beginner No More: Master 3rd Position Now!

Everything you need to become fluent in 3rd position on the violin.

TIME TO GET OUT OF THE NEVER-ENDING BEGINNER STAGE....

Ready to uplevel to an intermediate staged violinist?

Third position allows you to play more musically and sound more advanced than only playing in first position.

Notes not numbers...

No need to struggle learning or reading third position. Easily learn how to play in third position properly with fun finger pattern exercises, scales, arpeggios and Etudes!

NO MORE GUESSING...

Playing only pieces will NOT give you the training needed for developing third position.

Many violinists struggle to learn third position if proper note reading skills have not been previously learned.

“Master Third Position with Finger Patterns” educates violinists how to play in third position via six different finger patterns. The course focuses on finger relationships on the same string and across the instrument. Distinct issues typically neglected in other method books you will learn in this course like how to properly play high and low first finger in third position.

Many violinists after years of study, still struggle with how notes relate to each other across the strings and this method book, in a beautiful melodic way, addresses these issues. Practice techniques of checking pitches with open strings and lower positions to stay on track with intonation, are melodically implemented directly into the exercises.

“Master Third Position” is perfect for third position newbies and seasoned third position players wanting to improve intonation. The exercises practiced at a faster tempo can help more advanced players discover and fix their third position inconsistencies.

This course is for you if....

You are ready to learn third position
You are struggling with note association in third position
You struggle to play in tune in third position
You are searching for a fun way to implement third position studies into your practice sessions

COURSE CURRICULUM

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Third Position Basics
- Where to Find and Tips for Playing in Third Position
- Finding Third Position Accurately
- Third Position Notes
- How to Practice
- How to Practice Shifting to Third Position
Master Third Position Finger Patterns
- Master Third Position with Finger Patterns eBook
- Finger Pattern 1
- Finger Pattern 2
- Finger Pattern 3
- Finger Pattern 4
- Finger Pattern 5
- Finger Pattern 6
- Capstone
Third Position Scales
- 2 Octave Major/minor Scales and Arpeggios in Third position
- How to Play a Two Octave C Major Scale in Third Position on the Violin
- C Major/Minor Scales and Arpeggios
- How to Play a Two Octave c minor Scale in Third Position on the Violin
- D Major/Minor Scales and Arpeggios
- How to Play a Two Octave D Major Scale in Third Position on the Violin
- How to Play a Two Octave d minor Scale in Third Position on the Violin
- E Flat Major/Minor Scales and Arpeggios
- How to Play a Two Octave E Flat Major Scale in Third Position on the Violin
- How to Play a Two Octave e flat minor Scale in Third Position on the Violin
Test Your Skills
- Etude in C
- 3rd Position in 5 Days (Speed Version)
- Fourth Finger Studies
- Public Domain Etude Links

Meet Your Instructor

Hi! I'm Heather, international violinist, pedagogue, composer and your personal violin journey trainer. I coach adult violinists online how to play the violin ergonomically, simplify technique and create gorgeous tone.

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One Time Payment

$133

Payment Plan

$50

per month for 3 months

What violinists are saying

This book is amazing! As a violinist and a violin teacher I have encountered quite a few books on the topic of shifting positions. From my point of view, I believe that this is a book that is helpful to everyone – beginners and advanced learners! All the different finger patterns are a delight and the exercises are wonderful and interesting to play. What I love the most is, that the exercises focus on all four fingers and all the relationships between them, not only on the “simple” shift from first to third position, which I was used to from the books I have encountered so far.

Also, all of Heather Broadbent’s exercises/books on violin technique are wonderful and extremely helpful. Beginners have a starting point and can learn a lot faster and advanced players also have a starting point for refreshing and upgrading their violin playing. I highly recommend Heather’s books to every violinist!"

— Zala Hribernik

I just LOVE the “Master Third Position” book! The different exercises for each finger pattern are great! Although the exercises are technical, they sound very beautiful to me and the book encourages me to be creative in third position! I'm 100% sure that after studying the entire book I will have mastered third position on all strings and in all keys.

Whenever I start practicing with this book, I feel like I don't want to stop anymore. So I would describe these exercises as extremely addictive. " I will be using this book as my main study book for third position. Thanks so much Heather for this wonderful book!!"

— Marikoli

I cannot begin to tell you how much this course is helping. I was near giving up… thinking it was impossible.

You see, I took up the violin to help with a brain injury I suffered to which caused difficulty in my reading.

I give credit to God and the process and can say that my reading skills have been restored. Absorption slow but there, YEAH!

So often I have found that many of the instructions given assume you have an ingrained ability to understand music. In my case, this is not true…I struggle with every note…but love it.

Your videos have been short and to the point with just enough information to lead me to the right study.

You may think this is silly but I have struggled with Arpeggios forever! Why those notes?

With your video, I found the answer not so much in what you said but in the study. Only 3 notes, what a surprise.

R-3-5 and guess what that opened up the whole chord idea to me. I can feel the brain working! Hurray!

I wanted you to know that you are making a difference.

Seeing that the brain is working and absorbing abolishes the feeling of

giving up and reminds me that all things are possible with God! And good instructions.

Thank you kindly,