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
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:
The Violin Family Explained with Video Examples
Different orchestral stringed instruments (violin, viola, cello and double bass) explained with beautiful music examples
10 Types of Baroque Dances in Violin Music with Examples
Discover how the allemande, minuet, gavotte and sarabande that you play in baroque partitas and suites were danced and how they differ:
10 Types of Violin Pieces with Examples
What’s a violin concerto, caprice, etude or sonata? Discover different types of violin music with examples:
How to play musical ornaments on the violin
Sheet music notation and how to play the most common musical ornaments, trills and mordents on the violin:
What if your toddler doesn’t stick to the violin?
You want to share your own passion for the violin with your child and they are all enthusiastic until… they see a flute, or a piano:
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
Violin Arpeggios Explained (with handy overview)
Maybe you’ve been practicing violin arpeggios for years, but why those specific chords and how are they structured? Here’s a handy chart:
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!
How to practice violin with a metronome | Violin Lounge TV #520
Practice tips to learn difficult rhythms and tackle fast runs on the violin + free online metronome
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.
Tune your violin like a PRO violinist | Violin Lounge TV #519
Learn how a professional violinist tunes her violin, why first the A string and how to use a tuning fork
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:
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!