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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!
Latest Violin Articles
Read my blog with violin, bow and string reviews, the most beautiful violin repertoire and much more
Do well-behaved children make music or does music make well-behaved children?
How music lessons can help children better regulate their nervous systems, so they can thrive in life
Bariolage Violin Bowing Technique Explained with Examples
Bariolage is a technique that involves going very quickly back and forth between two adjacent strings, usually playing a melody and a bass
Collé violin bow stroke explained + 3 exercises
Collé is a technique where the fingers and wrist make a circular motion resulting in an active, off-the-string bow stroke with a firm sound.
Top 20 Violin and Cello Duets
Discover the most beautiful pieces for violin and cello duo. They are ranked from easy to hard, so there’s something for everyone:
16 Best Violin Bows in 2024: Ultimate Buying Guide for the Right Violin Bow
What to look for when buying a violin bow and the 16 best violin bow recommendations and reviews by a violin teacher:
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:
Learn to play the violin beautifully with my latest FREE online violin lessons
1.000+ FREE violin videos to improve your violin technique
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:
How to Make a Play Along Video Tutorial as a Music Teacher | Violin Lounge TV #533
How to shoot and edit a play along video music tutorial, so you can grow your audience and get new students as a music teacher:
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:
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.
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!
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
Barbie Girl by Aqua violin tutorial
Learn to play Barbie Girl by Aqua on the violin with this play along tutorial, finger close up and sheet music
Sérénade by Leoncavallo violin play along tutorial | Violin Lounge TV #528
Learn to play this beautiful romantic violin piece with this play along tutorial, finger close up and sheet music:
Indian Concertino by Perlman 3rd Mov violin play along | Violin Lounge TV #527
Learn to play the 3rd movement ‘Indian war dance’ of the Indian Concertino by Perlman on the violin. Suitable for beginners!
Indian Concertino by Perlman 2nd Mov violin play along | Violin Lounge TV #523
Learn to play the 2nd movement ‘Chant to the moon’ of the Indian Concertino by Perlman on the violin. Suitable for beginners!
Indian Concertino by Perlman 1st Mov violin play along | Violin Lounge TV #521
Learn to play the 1st movement ‘An Indian Story’ of the Indian Concertino by Perlman on the violin. Suitable for beginners!
FREE Violin Lesson #41 Allegro op 22F by Edward Elgar
Performance and tutorial of this easy melodic exercise in the first position by Edward Elgar: beautiful classical melody for beginner violinists.