Learning to Play the Violin

Discover a whole series of articles on learning to play the violin, featuring sheet music, scales, and techniques to help you improve.

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Rigaudon – Violin Sheet Music

Here's one of the very first melodies I learned on violin, a simple rigaudon. You can download the sheet music written by me in this article, available as both PDF and .ly for LilyPond / Frescobaldi. 1. The PDF file @at…

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Scottish Air – Violin Sheet Music

Here's one of the very first melodies I learned on violin, a simple air. You can download the sheet music written by me in this article as a PDF and in .ly format for LilyPond/Frescobaldi. 1. The PDF file @attachment 2.…

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Irish Ballad – Bourvil – Violin Sheet Music

Here's a melody performed by Bourvil that I'm currently practicing on the violin: @youtube You can download both the PDF and LilyPond .ly files for this piece from this article. 1. The PDF File @attachment 2. The .ly Fi…

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Scales on the Violin: Why They Matter

🎶 A Piece, a Scale: Why They Go Hand in Hand When working on a piece, it's easy to dive straight into the notes, fingerings, and interpretation. But we often overlook a fundamental tool, almost magical: the correspondin…

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My Sheet Music for Beginners on Violin

Recently, I started learning the violin. I have dyslexia and find reading sheet music quite challenging. My teacher usually sends me photographed sheet music, which works well for most people, but it complicates things…

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