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FREE Violin Lessons
Learn to Play the Violin Online
#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
1.000+ FREE violin videos to improve your violin technique
Violin sizes for very young children (5 years and under) Violin Lounge TV #544
Choosing the right violin size for young children, so 1/8 an under, is a little different from regular violin sizing:
How to choose the right violin size | Violin Lounge TV #543
Check your violin size in my violin size chart and learn all about finding the right violin size for you or your child:
‘Pa pa pa’ Mozart’s The Magic Flute | Violin Lounge TV #542
Violin and viola cover of the Papageno Papagena duet from Mozart’s Zauberflöte
How to make your violin sound better with different strings | Violin Lounge TV #540
Let’s review typically warm sounding violin strings: D’Addario Pro Arte, Larsen Tzigane and Pirastro Evah Pirazzi Gold:
Violin Range vs Viola, Cello and Double Bass | Violin Lounge TV #538
What’s the playing range of the violin, it’s lowest note, highest note, all the notes and how does this compare to the viola, cello and double bass:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing | Violin Play Along Tutorial
Learn to play ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’ on the violin with this play along tutorial with sheet music and finger close up:
Latest Violin Articles
Read my blog with violin, bow and string reviews, the most beautiful violin repertoire and much more
18 Violin Etude Books in Order of Difficulty
Violin etudes help you study new techniques and get progress on the violin to play the music you love. Here are 18 violin etude books:
The Violin Family Explained with Video Examples
Different orchestral stringed instruments (violin, viola, cello and double bass) explained with beautiful music examples
10 Types of Baroque Dances in Violin Music with Examples
Discover how the allemande, minuet, gavotte and sarabande that you play in baroque partitas and suites were danced and how they differ:
10 Types of Violin Pieces with Examples
What’s a violin concerto, caprice, etude or sonata? Discover different types of violin music with examples:
How to play musical ornaments on the violin
Sheet music notation and how to play the most common musical ornaments, trills and mordents on the violin:
What if your toddler doesn’t stick to the violin?
You want to share your own passion for the violin with your child and they are all enthusiastic until… they see a flute, or a piano:
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.
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
‘Pa pa pa’ Mozart’s The Magic Flute | Violin Lounge TV #542
Violin and viola cover of the Papageno Papagena duet from Mozart’s Zauberflöte
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing | Violin Play Along Tutorial
Learn to play ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’ on the violin with this play along tutorial with sheet music and finger close up:
O Holy Night | Easy Beginner Violin Christmas Play Along
Learn to play ‘O holy night’ on the violin with the easy beginner play along tutorial with sheet music and finger close up:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas | Easy Beginner Violin Christmas Play Along
Learn to play ‘We wish you a merry Christmas’ on the violin with the easy beginner play along tutorial with notes:
Hula Hula Hoop Hoop Song | Violin Lounge TV #532
Cute hula hooping song you can sing or play on your violin. Play along with the violin tutorial, backing track and get the free sheet music:
Pirates on the Moldau | Violin Lounge TV #529
Fun pirate version of Smetana’s Moldau for violin playing kids! Sheet music, violin tutorial, backing track and finger close up included