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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
How to learn ricochet on the violin | Violin Lounge TV #530
Learn all about ricochet violin bowing technique with examples, sheet music notation and exercises:
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
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!
Do this if your arm is too short to bow straight on the violin | Violin Lounge TV #526
Here’s how to bow straight on the violin even if you have short arms: lift the pinky, slant the bow, push your shoulder forward, center the violin
Latest Violin Articles
Read my blog with violin, bow and string reviews, the most beautiful violin repertoire and much more
Top 24 Violin Composers in the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern Period
Listen to the most beautiful violin music from the 24 greatest violin composers of all times: Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Paganini, Brahms, Kreisler, Barber and many more
16 Best Violin Bows in 2023: 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:
The ‘Big Five’ Violin Concertos: what makes them so famous?
Everyone has their own favorites, but these big five romantic violin concertos are most played and listened to over the world:
Top 23 Violin and Piano Duets
Discover the most beautiful pieces for violin and piano duo. They are ranked from easy to hard, so there’s something for everyone:
31 Violin Concertos Ranked by Difficulty Level
Violin concertos ranked from easy to hard:
How hard are the Mendelssohn, Bruch and Paganini violin concertos to play?
Best Violin Shoulder Rest in 2023: Complete Buying Guide
What’s the best violin shoulder rest for you? What types are there and what are their pros and cons. Read here:
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.
String Reviews
This violin string comparison chart takes the mystery out of choosing the right strings for your violin. You can find all major brands and types of strings and you’ll know exactly what to buy.
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
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.
AVE MARIA by Schubert Violin Tutorial | Violin Lounge TV #518
Learn to play Ave Maria by Schubert on the violin. Including play along video, finger close up and sheet music: