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
History of the Violin Bow
The bow to a violin is like the voice to a singer. However, in the past violinists threw away bows as garbage when they were broken or old. Read more:
11 Winter tips for you and your violin to survive these cold months
Does your violin go out of tune every day? Winter is coming… well, it’s there already… Like a living creature, your violin responds to weather changes.
38 Beautiful and Easy Student Concertos for Violin (free sheet music!)
Develop your violin technique as a beginner violinist with these beautiful easy pieces. Download the free sheet music of 38 violin concertos:
My new old German violin and it’s story
Sometimes you don’t find an instrument, but an instrument finds you and this was the case for me A man came into my violin shop with his granddad’s violin. His granddad played in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra his entire life during the first half of the 20th...
New World Symphony theme – Largo – Dvorak – Violin duo – FREE Sheet music
With a friend I had a gig to play Czech music by two violins. I couldn’t find a violin duo version of the New World Symphony Largo theme, so I arranged it myself. I hope I can please you with the sheet music. Download it for free here: New World Symphony theme - Largo...
Ma Vlast – Vltava theme – Smetana – Violin duo – FREE Sheet music
With a friend I had a gig to play Czech music by two violins. I couldn’t find a violin duo version of the Vltava (Moldau) main theme, so I arranged it myself. I hope I can please you with the sheet music. Download it for free here: Vltava Main Theme.
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
How to Sound like a PRO Violinist: the secret sauce! Violin Lounge TV #410
Get the tone quality of your favorite violin performer with these 6 secrets to a professional sound on the violin:
FREE Violin Lesson #31 Wohlfahrt etude op 45 no 4 tutorial and SLOW play along
Learn to play in tune in G major with more speed, fluency, and security with this violin tutorial, free sheet music and slow play along:
FREE Violin Lesson #30 Wandering op 12 no 4 by Pracht EASY TUTORIAL
Practice dynamics on the violin in this easy violin piece.
It’s all in the first position and in G major, so suitable for beginner violinists.
How to make your VIOLIN PEGS MOVE when they’re stuck? | Violin Lounge TV #408
Fix your slipping violin pegs or make them run smoothly when they’re stuck with my tips. Learn to wind your strings and soap your pegs:
FREE Violin Lesson #29 Andantino op 22D by Elgar EASY TUTORIAL
Performance and tutorial of this easy melodic exercise in the first position by Edward Elgar: beautiful classical melody for beginner violinists.
Chords and Melodic Lines in Bach’s Chaconne (opening) | Violin Lounge TV #407
Tips on the chords and melodic lines in the opening of the Chaconne from partita no 2 for solo violin BWV 1004 by JS Bach:
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!