Play the Violin
online violin lessons, video tutorials and blog postsfor learning and loving the violin
Hi, I’m Zlata
your online violin teacher
Play the Violin
online violin lessons, video tutorials and blogfor learning and loving the violin
Hi, I’m Zlata
your online violin teacher
FREE Online Violin Lessons
Learn How 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!
Violin Blog
Most beautiful violin music, easy guides and tutorials to help you play the violin better
Violin Third Position – all notes, finger chart and exercises
Usually the third position is the first position you shift to after learning the first position and it really expands your possibilities
Violin Second Position – all notes, finger chart and exercises
Learn to play in tune in the second position on the violin with these finger charts, sheet music and exercises
Violin First Position – explained with finger charts, notes and videos
First position is the easiest position to find on the violin and the first one you learn as a beginner violinist
How to practice with a metronome (+ free online metronome)
Tips for effective practicing with a metronome, so you can get fast progress on the music you play. Learn about speed, subdivisions and difficult rhythms:
7 Classical music periods explained with examples
Become classical music smart by learning about all eras: medieval, renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic, modern and contemporary
Playing in a String Quartet: Tips for Finding Members, Rehearsing, and Performing
Where to start when you want to play string quartets? Read how your can prepare, how to find musicians, how to practice and perform:
Free Violin Tools
Learn to play the violin faster and practice better with our tuner and metronome
Violin Tuner
Tune your violin easily and correctly with my free online violin tuner with microphone and tuning notes.
Metronome
Practice effectively with my free online metronome. It has subdivisions and a visual needle.
String Reviews
Choose the right violin strings with my easy buying guide. I review all major types and brands.
Improve your violin playing with my FREE online violin lessons
1.000+ FREE violin video tutorials
‘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:
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:
Free Violin Sheet Music
Learn to play your favorite music on the violin
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!