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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
My 3 Most Embarrassing Violin Performance Experiences | Violin Lounge TV #509
Stories of my worst violin concerts: something with a wasp, a boat and messing up on national television. Let’s get real:
6 Advanced Violin Bow Technique Exercises | Violin Lounge TV #508
Done with basic bow exercises? Improve your violin bowing technique with these exercises for intermediate to advanced violinists:
BACH Air Violin Tutorial (Aria from the Suite in D) | Violin Lounge TV #507
Learn to play the Air from the Suite in D by JS Bach on the violin with finger close up tutorial video and sheet music play along:
How Much to Tighten a Violin Bow | Violin Lounge TV #506
Learn to properly tighten and loosen your violin bow video tutorial plus cheat sheet Below is a cheat sheet how much to tighten and loosen your violin bow Know that there can be differences per bow and it depends on the personal preference of the player. In the text...
La Cumparsita by Gardel Tango Easy Violin Duo Tutorial | Violin Lounge TV #505
Learn to play La Cumparsita Tango on the violin with free sheet music download, finger close up and violin tabs
20 Orchestral Violin Bowing Techniques | Violin Lounge TV #504
All types of bow strokes violinists use in an orchestra explained with beautiful examples and sheet music notation:
Latest Violin Articles
Read my blog with violin, bow and string reviews, the most beautiful violin repertoire and much more
Staccato Bowing on the Violin
Staccato, or “detached” in Italian, is a bowing technique where you stop the bow at each bow change to create separation. More generally, it is also a musical term that indicates short, separated notes.
Detaché Bowing: Default Violin Bow Stroke
Detaché (which is literally just “detached” in French) is probably the first stroke you learned on violin, along with simple staccato.
How to Read Violin Sheet Music (easy guide for beginner violinists)
Beginner guide to reading sheet music for the violin. Learn how to read which note and finger to play and in which rhythm:
10 Most Famous Sad Violin Pieces
Sad violin music that will make you cry: Schindler’s List, Tschaikovsky concerto, Barber’s Adagio, Melodie from Orfeo and more:
30 Most Famous Violinists of Past and Present
Who is the most famous violinist in the world? Here’s the top 30 greatest violinist of all time. Paganini, Sarasate, Auer, Kreisler, Jascha Heifetz, Hilary Hahn and many more:
Why is the Violin so Hard to Play?!?
You might think it’s because the lack of frets, but the true difficulty lies in making the bow strokes with an exact combination of speed, weight and contact point
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
Angels We Have Heard on High violin tutorial
Learn to play Angels We Have Heard on High on the violin with this beautiful intermediate arrangement, sheet music included:
What Child Is This? violin tutorial
Learn to play What Child Is This? on the violin with this beautiful intermediate arrangement, sheet music and finger close up included:
The Swan on Viola play along (1 hour progress)
As a violinist I play the viola for one hour and here you see how I sound playing the Swan by Saint-Saëns. Free sheet music included:
Nearer my God to Thee from Titanic Violin Tutorial | Violin Lounge TV #449
Easy violin play-along tutorial with close up fingers and sheet music for the hymn ‘Nearer my God to Thee’, from the movie Titanic:
Vivaldi Autumn from Four Seasons by Virtual Orchestra | Violin Lounge TV #448
Virtual orchestra plays Autumn from Four Seasons by Vivaldi. Violin players from all over the world united to make music together:
VIVALDI AUTUMN 3rd mov ‘the Hunt’ EASY Violin Tutorial | Violin Lounge TV #445
Learn to play ‘the Hunt’ theme from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Autumn concerto on the violin with this easy version for beginners: