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
Strings on the Violin Explained: easy guide for newbies!
Learn what the open strings on the violin are, how they are tuned, the note names and how they are notated in sheet music.
Fiddle vs violin: different music, same instrument
What’s the difference between the fiddle and the violin? The violin is used for classical music and jazz and the fiddle for folk, country and bluegrass.
100 Viola Jokes for Orchestral Laughter
To make insecure violinists feel a bit better about themselves, we have viola jokes. Violists are amazing musicians and they can take them:
Violin vs Viola: 7 Differences, Pros and Cons
7 Differences between the violin and viola: size, weight, tuning clef, bow, role and playing technique. Which is harder to play?
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
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
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
15 Years Violin Lounge: my entrepreneurial story | Violin Lounge TV #525
Winning the Entrepreneur of the Year award with my violin studio, almost going bankrupt and working from home with five kids:
Behind the scenes in my online violin studio | Violin Lounge TV #524
Take a look how I work from home as a violin teacher and mom to five. Discover what I do in my online business:
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!
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!