Online Violin Lessons
Learn to Play the Violin Beautifully1000+ FREE online violin lesson videos
Hi, I’m Zlata!
Violinist & Teacher
Online Violin Lessons
Learn to Play the Violin Beautifully
1000+ FREE online violin lesson videos
Hi, I’m Zlata!
Violinist & Teacher
My latest free online violin lessons:
Learn to play the violin with my FREE online video lessons on bowing technique, playing in tune and your favorite music:12 Tips to Play in Tune on the Violin or Viola (1 to 4)
This video is the first of three videos about playing in tune on the violin or viola. In these three videos I give you the 12 most important tips to play in tune. One could probably write books for of information about this topic and create loads of DVD boxes. In...
No 1 Mistake in Practicing the Violin or Viola
This episode of Violin Lounge TV is about the No 1 mistake people make in practicing the violin or viola... People don’t really know what practicing is and because of that... they don’t really practice. I will give you some tips to make your practice time more...
A Parent’s Guide for Violin or Viola Playing Children
You might be watching Violin Lounge TV not because you play the violin or viola yourself, but because your child is a young violinist or violist. You have a very important task as a parent. In this episode I give you some advice what you as a parent can do to maximize...
When Does Your Pinky Leave the Bow?
You might hear all the time that your pinky should remain on the bow all the time... nicely curved. However... when you look at performers playing, you see the bow hold changing in every bow stroke and you see them playing with the pinky off the bow. In this video I...
How to Read in the Viola Clef (for Violinists)
Are you a violinist and would you like to play the viola? Do you struggle with reading in the viola clef? In this video I explain all about reading in the viola clef. Sheet music for the violin and the viola is written in a different clef. The violin uses the G-clef...
How to Hold Your Bow when Playing with Weight
In this video I will explain how to combine the principles of ‘Weight vs Pressure’ with your bow hold. This video is an answer to a question from viewer Marisa. Hi There,Could you please post a video on "bow grip" and "weight vs. pressure" combined? There are YouTube...
How to Tune Your Violin or Viola with an Electronic Tuner (or app)
Update 2022: I've created my own free online violin tuner that works better than the app or electric tuner I recommend in this old video. Go here to use it! This video shows you exactly how to tune your violin or viola easily with an electronic tuner or a tuner app....
How to Move Your Hand and Fingers while Bowing
In this episode we answer a question from viewer Sarah: Hi, I am realizing that to bow straight, your wrist, fingers and arm do things as you bow from tip to frog and visa versa. On most videos, you don’t get to see what the hand is doing - especially when the bow is...
[Video] Violin vs Viola: What is Ideal for You?
In this week’s episode of Violin Lounge TV we see unique footage of the battle between the violin and the viola. My boyfriend asked me what recreational drugs I took before shooting this video... Yes, it involves talking instruments growling at each other! A viola is...
How to Read in a Different Clef with Ease
Peter plays violin and viola and writes (freely translated from Dutch)... Is there are trick or a donkey’s bridge (we call mnemonics ‘donkey’s bridges’ in Dutch) to read in different clefs or is it just a matter of practicing? I hope you have a handy tip for me. Thank...
How NOT To Move Your Violin or Viola when Practicing Vibrato
This video is about how to practice your vibrato without moving your violin or viola. Lots of people can’t wait to learn vibrato, because it makes your tone so much more beautiful than without. Once you have learned vibrato it’s easy breezy, but to learn vibrato is...
Why Can’t Your Left Hand and Right Hand Just Get Along?
Do your left hand and right hand sometimes have a quarrel? In this episode you’ll see my hands quarreling with each other! R: You always play out of tune! L: You make a bad tone! R: That’s because you can’t do vibrato! L: You are always out of bow and you scratch and...
Easy Violin Lessons for Beginners
Learn to play your favorite music on the violinEasy Beginner Concertos
Yes, you can already prepare for big violin concertos by diving these easy student concertos!
Amazing Grace
You just need two fingers and reading notes is not required to play this beautiful melody!
Bowing and Sound Tips for Beginners
Get rid of that beginner sound as quick as possible
Easy Christmas Songs
Get violin lessons and free sheet music on your favorite Christmas songs, like Silent Night, Jingle bells, Oh holy night and more!
Music of the Night
Learn one of Broadway’s most beautiful melodies!
Watch more beginner violin lessons right here!
20 Tips to Stop Sounding Scratchy
Here’s how to stop hitting other strings and sound scratchy on the violin.
Play Ave Verum by Mozart
You can’t start Mozart too early 🙂
Unknown Easy Violin Concertos
Tired playing Küchler op 11? Here are 5 beautiful unknown beginner concertos in the first position.
Intermediate Violin Lessons Online
When are you an intermediate violinist?
You can continue with my intermediate lessons when:
- You are comfortable with your violin posture and bow hold
- You are playing with a decent sound and fluent bowing
- You can play in tune in the first position with various finger frames
- You want to learn vibrato, position play and more advanced bowing techniques
Side note: of course I can’t determine your level from here neither should you worry about it. Just see which of my violin lessons speak to you.
Also take a look at my lessons about bowing technique, intonation and vibrato.
As you are now perhaps looking for more specific topics, feel free to use the search bar on the top right of this website to find exactly what you’re looking for. Here are just some highlights for intermediate violinists:
5 Intermediate Violin Concertos
When you just learned the third position, you can move to intermediate violin concertos.
Downton Abbey theme
Oh man, I’m a sucker for costume dramas!
Advanced Violin Lessons Online
You’re an advanced violinist when you’re comfortable with:
- Vibrato
- Shifting also to higher positions
- Different bow techniques like spiccato and staccato
My online violin lessons sorted by style
Download my violin lesson library:
Click here to download your Violin Lesson Library
In this downloadable PDF you’ll find my online violin lessons sorted by style and level
including free violin sheet music
Classical Music Violin Lessons
- Air from Suite in D by JS Bach
- Ave Maria by Schubert mini lesson and a full tutorial
- Ave Verum Corpus by WA Mozart
- Autumn by Vivaldi 3rd movement ‘the Hunt’ (easy version)
- Autumn by Vivaldi 1st movement (easy version)
- Canon in D by Pachelbel (easy bit)
- Czardas by Vittorio Monti
- Dance of the Flowers from Nutcracker by Tschaikovsky
- Für Elise by Beethoven
- Habanera from Carmen by Bizet
- Küchler op 11 easy violin concertino
- Lacrimosa from Requiem by WA Mozart
- Lullaby by Brahms (Wiegenlied)
- Meditation from Thaïs by Jules Massenet (easy version, mini right here)
- Meditation from Thaïs by Jules Massenet (intermediate version)
- Meditation from Thaïs by Jules Massenet (intro mini lesson)
- Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (easy version)
- Minuet in G Major by JS Bach 120 BPM
- Minuet in G Major by JS Bach 60 BPM slow play along
- Moldou theme from Homeland by Smetana
- New World Symphony Largo by Dvorak
- Ombra Mai Fu from Xerxes (Largo) by Händel
- Ode to Joy from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
- Pearl Fisher’s duet by Bizet
- Rieding op 35 easy violin concerto
- Swan Lake theme by Tschaikovsky
Film Music, Movie Scores, Series and Musicals Violin Lessons
- Beauty and the Beast theme
- Downton Abbey theme
- Game of Thrones theme play along, tutorial part 1 and part 2
- Game of Thrones (intermediate)
- Godfather love theme mini lesson
- Godfather love theme full tutorial
- He’s a Pirate from Pirates of the Caribbean by Hans Zimmer (part 2)
- Irene Adler violin solo theme from BBC Sherlock
- Let it Go from Frozen (easy version)
- Let it Go from Frozen (intermediate version)
- May It Be by Enya
- Money Heist (Bella Ciao) from La Casa de Papel
- Music of the Night (from Phantom of the opera)
- My Heart Will Go On from Titanic (easy version)
- My Heart Will Go On from Titanic (intermediate version)
- Phantom of the Opera theme
- Sadness and Sorrow Naruto
- Spirited Away – One Summer’s Day by Hisaichi
- Walking in the Air from the Snowman
- Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Mancini
- Schindler’s List by Williams
Traditional Tunes Violin Lessons
- Are you Sleeping? (Father Jacob)
- Happy Birthday
- Lightly Row with extra pinky practice and normal Suzuki version
- Old MacDonald had a Farm
- Peter Cottontail (here comes)
- Shenandoah
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Pop Music Violin Lessons
Hymns Violin Lessons
- Amazing Grace mini lesson
- Amazing Grace full tutorial
- Amazing Grace (intermediate version)
- Blessed Assurance
- Holy, Holy, Holy
- Just as I Am
- Nearer my God to Thee
Fiddle Tunes Violin Lessons
- Morisson’s Jig
- Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar
- Bandura Waltz Ukrainian fiddle tune
Christmas Songs Violin Lessons
- Angels we have Heard on High (easy version)
- Angels we have Heard on High (intermediate version)
- Away in a Manger
- 12 Days of Christmas
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (easy version)
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (intermediate version)
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- I wish you a Merry Christmas
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
- Jingle Bells
- Joy to the World
- Let it Snow by Frank Sinatra
- Mary, Did You Know?
- O Christmas Tree
- Oh Holy Night
- Silent Night
- We Three Kings
- What Child is This? (easy version)
- What Child is This? (Intermediate version)
- While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
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