Practice super slow for great intonation!

A great practice technique that you should only do for a very slow time so that it is possible to concentrate 100%.
Select a shorter passage that you already have decided the fingering to.
Play through the passage the following way note by note. Don’t repeat any notes except when needed use a fast small movement of the left to correct the pitch if it was off.
(An important part of playing in tune is to develop and use the skill of adjusting the pitches if they are off so fast that nobody notices.)
Visualize the pitch in your mind two ways
A. How it sounds
B. Where it is located on the string
2. Place the finger on the string right at the specific pitch and play it with the bow
3. If the pitch is either sharp or flat move the finger immediately to the right pitch
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Next repeat the same process for the next pitch in the passage and keep going like this until you get to the last note in the passage you had selected. When trying to use this technique select a very short passage the first few times that you are doing this. Eventually don’t select passages or part of passages longer than 3 lines. Doing that ensures that it is possible to concentrate the whole time. If you want to do a longer passage split it up into shorter groups and take a short break in between each section.
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