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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 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:
How to practice rhythms with a metronome as a beginner violinist | Violin Lounge TV #517
Learn to play the rhythms and note values in sheet music with my free online metronome. Suitable for beginners!
Build a Profitable Violin Studio you LOVE | Violin Lounge TV #516
Are you a violin teacher who wants more students? I built a thriving local violin studio in little time and here are some tips:
Latest Violin Articles
Read my blog with violin, bow and string reviews, the most beautiful violin repertoire and much more
First Notes you Learn on the Violin as a Beginner
Start playing the violin with these easy finger patterns to play your first notes and scales. Sheet music and finger chart included:
Shifting vs Glissando vs Portamento on the Violin: What’s the difference?
Learn four different expressive ways of shifting positions on the violin: regular shifts, jump shifts, portamento and glissando:
How to Play Trills on the Violin
In this guide to violin trills you’ll learn how to trill, on or above the notes and the types of trills there are on the violin:
What are Violin Arpeggios? (and why should you practice them)
Scales and arpeggios are great to improve your violin technique. Read what arpeggios are and how they are structured with charts:
All Violin Notes in the First Position for Beginners
Find all the notes on the violin as a beginner violinist with this finger chart and sheet music. All first position notes explained:
Insights on Teaching Toddlers Violin from a Violin Teacher and Mom of 5
The great thing about the violin is that one can learn from a very young age. This interview gives insights around teaching violin to toddlers:
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.
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
Difficulty Ranking of BACH Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin | Violin Lounge TV #470
How hard are Bach partitas? What is the difficulty level of Bach’s Chaconne? In this video I’ll rank all movements in difficulty:
EASY Meditation from Thaïs by Massenet in 1st position | Violin Lounge TV #469
Learn to play Meditation from Thaïs on the violin with this easy first position tutorial including finger close up and free sheet music:
Por una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel violin play-along tutorial | Violin Lounge TV #468
Play the beautiful tango Por Una Cabeza on the violin with this sheet music and finger close up. Great to practice the second position!
Wow, I didn’t know THIS about Vivaldi’s Four Seasons! | Violin Lounge TV #465
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is a violin technique treasure trove! Improve intonation, bowing, sound, shifting, double stops and much more:
Morisson’s Jig Fiddle Tune | Play Along Tutorial | Violin Lounge TV #466
Happy St Patrick’s Day! Learn to play Morisson’s Jig on the violin with this fiddle tutorial including sheet music and finger close up:
Bandura Waltz – Ukrainian fiddle tune – violin lesson
Violin lesson on the Ukrainian fiddle tune Bandura Waltz including sheet music download and fingering close up