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#1 Beginner Violin Lesson
Start Playing the Violin
Violin teacher Zlata made a 40 lesson violin course with the exact steps you need to learn as a beginner violinist to learn to play the violin beautifully. All the 40 violin video lessons, the beginner book, the etude books, the easy concertos and more sheet music are TOTALLY FREE.
#1 Intermediate Violin Lesson
How to Bow Smoothly on the Violin
This violin lesson is all about learning to make a beautiful sound on the violin by learning a flexible bow hold, the bow arm mechanics and what all great soloists have in common when it comes to bowing. I show it close up and slow motion, so you can instantly improve your violin bowing.
#1 Advanced Violin Lesson
ALL 102 Violin Bowing Techniques & Terms
Learn all about detaché, martelé, staccato, spiccato, ricochet, martelé and more bowing techniques and terms you’ve heard about in this violin lesson. There are over 100 examples of famous violinists, sheet music notation and how to play these techniques yourself. Learn the tools of music expression!
Learn to play the violin beautifully with my latest FREE online violin lessons:
Why every violinist should play BACH daily | Violin Lounge TV #488
At each level of violin playing, you’ll benefit a lot from studying the 6 Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin by Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 1001-1006
SLOW Violin Practice: 4 Different Strategies | Violin Lounge TV #487
4 Different ways to practice slowly and get fast progress on the violin. Learn how to practice when for best results:
Circle Exercise for Smooth Bowing and an Even Sound | Violin Lounge TV #486
The Circle violin bowing exercise will help you to get a consistent tone and smooth bow strokes. Also it helps to learn or improve spiccato.
How to Become a Violin Teacher | Violin Lounge TV #485
What's the level of violin playing you need to teach violin? In this video I tell you all about the education and career opportunities as a violin teacher: Video Content: 02:27 Required degree and education04:03 Required violin playing level 08:06 Teaching without a...
How long does it take to learn the violin | Violin Lounge TV #484
How hard is it to learn to play the violin? What pieces can you expect to play after the first year? What’s normal violin progress?
Should you always avoid open strings in violin playing? | Violin Lounge TV #483
Never play open string notes on the violin? It depends! Watch this video to learn when to play open strings and when to avoid them
Free Violin Sheet Music
107 Intermediate Violin Concertos
FREE violin sheet music downloads of the most beautiful intermediate violin concertos and concertinos to improve your violin technique, intonation and bowing. 38 of them are suitable for beginners.
FREE Violin Scale Book
Sensational Scales is a FREE 85 page violin scale book that goes from simple beginner scales with finger charts all the way to all three octave scales and arpeggios:
Violin Finger Chart
PDF Downloadable poster with the exact spots of ALL notes on the violin. You’ll also learn how to read them in violin sheet music and connect them to how they should sound. Can’t miss in your violin practice room!
Free Violin Tools
Violin Tuner
Finally an easy way to tune your violin! My free online violin tuner will recognize the open string you play and guide you to tune it to the right pitch. The tuner can be used on desktop, tablet, iPhone and any other smartphone.
Metronome
As a violin teacher Zlata has designed an easy to use metronome that has some new functionalities: subdivisions and difficult rhythms to practice with. This will make practicing with a metronome more effective and more fun.
String Reviews
This violin string comparison chart takes the mystery out of choosing the right strings for your violin. You can find all major brands and types of strings and you’ll know exactly what to buy.
Latest play-along violin lessons
Learn to play beautiful pieces on the violin including free sheet music, finger close ups and performances by violin teacher Zlata
Why every violinist should play BACH daily | Violin Lounge TV #488
At each level of violin playing, you’ll benefit a lot from studying the 6 Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin by Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 1001-1006
How long does it take to learn the violin | Violin Lounge TV #484
How hard is it to learn to play the violin? What pieces can you expect to play after the first year? What’s normal violin progress?
Difficulty Ranking of BACH Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin | Violin Lounge TV #470
How hard are Bach partitas? What is the difficulty level of Bach’s Chaconne? In this video I’ll rank all movements in difficulty:
Violin Blog
Sit back and learn all about the violin, violin music and playing the violin on my blog:
Violin Chord Charts for ALL Major and Minor Keys
Learn to play chords on the violin! Get finger charts, sheet music and audio samples of ALL major and minor chords
8 Easy Violin Chords for Beginner Violinists
Learn to play the eight most common chords on the violin! Including sheet music, finger charts and audio samples
400 Years of Violin Music
25 Beautiful violin pieces that mark the different style periods of over 400 years of violin music. Sit back, listen and learn: