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The Best Beginner Violin Sheet Music

A lot of beginner violin sheet music focuses on music you probably know from your childhood, songs like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Mary Had a Little Lamb. When first learning to play sheet music, it is usually best to start with relatively simple tunes that you already know by ear. These can be folk […]

Fingerings – How to Read Sheet Music

Now that you’ve learned about Open Strings, it’s time to start putting fingers down. In violin sheet music, each finger on your left hand is given a number (1 through 4) with 1 being your index finger and 4 being your pinky (little) finger. A 0 means “no fingers,” in other words play an open […]

Open Strings – How to Read Sheet Music

Learn the violin string notes: this is the first of several lessons that pair up what you’re seeing on the page (sheet music) with how to physically play the violin. If you do not already have some familiarity with reading sheet music, then it may be a good idea to go back to our reading […]

Repeats and Multiple Endings – How to Read Sheet Music

There is a great deal of repetition in music. Often this could result in lengthy sheet music that just shows the same passages repeated multiple times. Fortunately, we have a way to shorthand repeated sections: repeats and multiple endings. Understanding these symbols is crucial for interpreting compositions accurately and performing them as intended by the […]

Learn to Read Sheet Music Fast

Most beginner violinists learn to read sheet music the slow way. Find out how to outpace the typical beginner and get fast at sight reading.

Articulation Markings in Violin Sheet Music

Articulation in music is much like the punctuation in language: it tells us how to play the notes in terms of their length, emphasis, and connection. For violinists, articulation most commonly describes what technique you should use with the bow.  If you are at the very beginning of learning violin, you don’t need to worry […]

Clef – How to Read Sheet Music

Find out what the various clefs mean in sheet music and how it affects you.

Style Markings – How to Read Sheet Music

Style markings are comments that tell you about the mood of the music. The tricky part is that they are usually written in Italian.

Tempo – How to Read Sheet Music

Tempo means Time in Italian, but it is frequently used to indicate mood, not just speed of the music. Here’s a list of common tempos.

Dynamics – How to Read Sheet Music

Dynamic range is where a lot of the excitement in music can come from, so it’s important to develop sensitivity to dynamic range early on.