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Learn how to hold your violin and bow, learn to play in tune and master this beautiful instrument with these free violin lessons:
FREE Violin Lesson #20 Low First Finger and C Major Notes
Learn the two-octave C major scale on the violin. With this, you’ve learned all C major notes in the first position.
FREE Violin Lesson #19 Küchler EASY CONCERTINO op 11 1st movement
Yay, it’s time to learn your first real violin concerto! If you’ve followed along my free beginner violin lessons, you are ready 🙂
FREE Violin Lesson #18 Bowing Exercises for the G Major 2 Octave Scale
Prepare yourself to play your first concerto next lesson by practicing bowing variations in the G major 2 octave scale:
FREE Violin Lesson #17 Your First Etude: Wohlfahrt op 45 nr 3
In this lesson we’re going to play our FIRST etude that will prepare us for out first violin concerto in a couple of lessons. Free book download!
FREE Violin Lesson #16 G major 2 octave scale and triads
With the two octave G major scale you learn to change between the high and low second finger and play in G major on all strings.
FREE Violin Lesson #15 Play Melody op 12 no 2 by Pracht
Learn to play with dynamics (loud and soft) and slur notes in C major with this beautiful Melody from the Twelve Easy Pieces by Robert Pracht.
Learn VIOLIN Lesson 14: Play Morning Prayer by Pracht
Learn to play dynamics (loud and soft), improve your violin sound and get used to playing in C major with the low 2nd finger
FREE Violin Lesson #13 Low 2nd Finger & 1 Octave C and G Major Scales
You’ll learn the low second finger making it possible to learn the C major and G major one octave scales on the violin. Play along with me!
FREE Violin Lesson #12 Daily Warming Up Practice Routine for BEGINNER Violinists
Play the violin better by doing this effective warm up routine before you practice! You’ll learn bow hand, sound and scale exercises.
FREE Violin Lesson #11 How to Read Music Notes for Violin | EASY BEGINNER TUTORIAL
Learn to read notes as a beginner violinist in just 20 minutes with this crash course! I guarantee it’s not difficult.
FREE Violin Lesson #10 for Beginners | FOURTH FINGER
Learn the fourth finger (pinky) notes on the violin in the first position. You’ll learn to play Lightly Row and Ode to Joy by Beethoven
FREE Violin Lesson #9 for Beginners | BOW DIVISION
Bowing to a violinist is what breath is to a singer. In order to make beautiful music, we must be aware of which part of the bow we play with:
FREE Violin Lesson #8 for Beginners | THIRD FINGER
Learn the third finger notes on the violin in the first position. You’ll learn to play Old MacDonald, Twinkle Twinkle and three scales.
FREE Violin Lesson #7 for Beginners | STRING CROSSING
Avoid hitting other strings and sounding scratchy with the exercises in this lesson about crossings strings on the violin:
FREE Violin Lesson #6 for Beginners | SECOND FINGER
Learn the second finger notes on the violin in the first position. With this you can play Mary had a little lamb.
FREE Violin Lesson #5 for Beginners | WHOLE BOW
Get a good and regular tone over the whole bow. A lot of beginner violinists stay in the middle of the bow and avoid the frog and tip.
4 Ways to do PIZZICATO on the VIOLIN (+when to pluck how) | Violin Lounge TV #375
How to pluck the strings on the violin? In this video I explain four ways to do pizzicato and which way of plucking you should do when:
FREE Violin Lesson #4 for Beginners | FIRST FINGER
Learn the first finger notes on the violin in the first position. This note is one note higher than the open strings.
FREE Violin Lesson #3 for Beginners | SMOOTH BOWING
To get a beautiful tone as a beginner violinist without sounding scratchy, it’s important that your fingers move along with the bow stroke:
FREE Violin Lesson #2 for Beginners | BOW HOLD
Learn to hold the violin bow properly for smooth bowing and a beautiful tone. This is key to get rid of the typical beginner sound!