first and third
has your teachers put tapes on your fingerboards...? mine has he put a white tape, (around 0.7 cm) around the first finger note and third finger notes, he says its an easy way to get very use to where you put your first finger and third fingers, and also to make sure you get accurate notes, my violin has it plus i added it to my new viola, its heaps easy, i remember b4, i use to have offtune songs, because i wasnt sure if i was pressing the rite notes, so thats a lil tip for th ose who are having trouble pressing notes.

i had tapes on my fingerboard for the first couple of years but after that i had them taken off

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yer, i took mine off - after i got fluent with them that is! dont take off ur tapes if ur in doubt lol

teacher said i can take it off but decicded to keep em, because who knows, maybe i havent mastered the first and thrid spots, i dun wanna end up with tapes again, ill im stikin to em for wihle.

always best to stay with what ur sure of

I have one tiny piece of tape at middle (I think) C. It helps me to navagate the rest of my bass.

thast the third finger rite...? cause middle c in the thrid on viola

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the only REAL sticker you need is 4th finger sticker!!!!! that will be good enuf to help you you with the rest of the fingerings

4th...?!?! y fourth...?? i would say third

i used to have a little sticker for the 4th!!! and once there was one high note in this piece we played when i was beginning(popcorn party, hehe) we had a star-sticker up where the note was

I will never use tapes again in my life. first of all, i really never needed them, and second of all, they make my instrument have these lines along the fingerboard. I will NEVER have that on my new viola.

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thats very true about the line fing. I hate them!

i stil have mine...(lolz) but i dun really care wat happens to ma violin, its a shitty bigginer one so i dun really mind, the tapes on ma viola...hopefuilly nothin is left behind !!!

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good luck with that! if you want to use tapes, use clear tape. you can see them in light, as the light reflects off the tape. but they don't leave as much residue. to clean the residue, dont use a wet cloth. instead, use a dry cloth and something sharp (non-metal) to scrape off the residue. i once used a wooden peg to scrape off my tape rubbish. metal can really scratch the fingerboard

I have one tape on my bass at middle C. I find that it makes navigating the rest of the instrument much easier. It is just a tiny tape under one string. I have noticed that some very high quality basses have little inlaid dots to mark out the positions and it looks very nice.