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:
How to Lose Your Fear of the Frightful Frog
Let's talk about a fobia lots of violin and viola players suffer from... In this video, I'm going to talk about the phobia that many violin players have, and that is.... the Fear of the Frightful Frog! (woooo) We have quite some bow, but for some reason, many violin...
Is Your Body Suitable for Playing the Violin or Viola? Find Out!
Marcus asks: Is there any physical attributes or lack of certain physical attributes that might make violin playing more difficult to learn? For example is having longer slender fingers a benefit and having shorter thicker fingers a detriment? And lastly what is the...
How to Hold Your Violin or Viola in a Comfortable and Relaxed Way?
How to hold your violin or viola? There are some very basic skills you should know when it comes to violin or viola playing. One of them is the correct way to hold your instrument. In this blog, I will therefore explain you everything you need to know on how to hold...
How to Hold Your Violin or Viola Bow?
How to build up your own bow hold! I’m making a few videos on the basics of violin playing. In this video I will explain how to build up your own bow hold. Make sure that you keep your bow straight and you use your left hand as a help hand. The easiest way to do it is...
What To Do if You are Practicing Hard, but Your Playing Only (seems to) Get Worse?
How frustrating is it when you are practicing the violin or viola very hard... but the results are not there... even worse: your violin or viola playing seems to get worse. Sometimes you’ve been practicing for some time, but your playing only seems to get worse! For...
How Much Muscle Power to Use in Violin or Viola Playing?
Do you have to be physically well trained to play the violin or viola? How much muscle power should you use when playing the violin? When you play the violin you really need to use your fine motoric skills and practice using your muscles very precise. Some people...
How (and WHY?) to Tune Your Violin with a Tuning Fork?
I got another question: Zlata, can you do a video on tuning with the A? I think you mean a tuning fork, or if you hit the A on a piano or have an A from your computer or whatever. How to tune your violin or viola to an A tuning fork First, you will need an A. You can...
How to Learn to Play the Violin or Viola as Fast as a Child?
In this video I share secrets from violin teachers around adult beginners... People that learn to play the violin at an adult age get frustrated because they think they can never learn as fast as a child. Let me tell you two secrets from violin teachers: It is an...
Why Would You Want to Play the Viola???
Playing viola as an addition to playing the violin... or playing the viola instead the violin can have many advantages. The viola looks a lot like the violin. Why would you want to play the viola as an addition to the violin, or instead of the violin? The difference...
Should You Use Stickers on Your Violin or Viola Fingerboard?
On one side your muscle memory should get the chance to develop and learn the right positions... Lots of teachers put stickers on the finger board of their student’s violin or viola, so they’ll know where to put their fingers. In the beginning it is very difficult to...
How to Practice Daily While Being a Mortal?
Do you get all the results you want in playing the violin or viola? Do you get all the results you want on the violin or viola? Do you practice daily? If the answer to both questions is 'no', then this video is a must-watch for you! You know you have to...
Why Can’t You ‘Just Play Something’?
Are you having nice progress playing the violin or viola? When a friend or family member asks you to 'just play something'... does this scare you? Do you doubt what to play and how to play it? Do you have no clue what to answer to that question or what to do? Maybe...
Easy Violin Lessons for Beginners
Learn to play your favorite music on the violin
Easy 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:
Free Violin Fingering Chart
Explore the whole fingerboard of the violin:
Get my violin fingering chart with the exact spots of ALL notes for FREE!
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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