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
How Many Hours a Day should you Practice the Violin?
What progress and level of violin playing can you expect at 10 mins, 1 hour or 5 hours a day? Read all about it and discover how much YOU should practice:
Wood vs Carbon Fiber Violin Bow: What’s the Best to Buy?
For centuries wood was the ONLY material available for making violin bows. Only in the last decades we discovered the possibilities of carbon. What’s best?
Top 3 Violin Practice Mutes to Study Silently
A lot of violin players struggle that they can’t find the right time to practice and are afraid they bother others. A practice mute is the perfect solution.
You don’t have to Bow Straight, says Itzhak Perlman
Every violin teacher hammers on bowing straight, but you see concert violinists doing otherwise. I decided to dive in this topic and here’s the answer:
5 Best Violin Brands for Beginner Violinists
Looking for a good beginner violin? In this article I review cheap violins from $ 50 to $ 500 and explain the difference:
What Course should you Choose if you want to be my Private Student?
Do you want to me to be your teacher? I’d love to help you overcome your technical struggles and play the violin with feeling. Find out how:
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
My old German violin and it’s story | Violin Lounge TV #432
Finally after many requests here’s the full story behind my old German violin! I play this violin for seven years and couldn’t tell this earlier:
How to Play Lindsey Stirling MASQUERADE | Violin Tutorial | Violin Lounge TV #430
Extensive violin tutorial for Masquerade by Lindsey Stirling. I give you tips on bowing, fingering and practice:
Vibrato and Double Stops in Louré from Partita in E major by JS Bach | Violin Lounge TV #429
Tips and tricks for the vibrato, double stops, rhythm and sound in the Louré from Bach’s violin partita no 3 in E major BWV 1006
How to play fake slides on the violin (for a jazzy or gypsy sound) | Violin Lounge TV #428
Get a jazzy or gypsy sound by making fake slides without position shifts. This is easy to do also for beginner violinists:
Suzuki Violin School vs Traditional Method with Meghan Faw | Violin Lounge TV #427
Suzuki violin teacher Meghan takes the secretive out of the Suzuki violin school and answers all your questions in this interview:
10 Levels of VIOLIN CONCERTOS | Violin Lounge TV #426
Violinist Zlata shows different levels of violin playing and the progress you make
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!