Violin for Beginners
 audio playback of sheet music downloads for 1st-year violin

Easy, attractive pieces for those learning to play the violin, right from the absolute beginner's very first lesson. The sheet music is available, in downloadable PDF format (What's PDF?), from our online store. 

The 'Violins Start Here' series is carefully graded to provide attractive repertoire which dovetails with popular methods. These pieces have simple, but satisfying, piano accompaniments. 

The Easy Ensembles page has flexible arrangements for groups of instruments, with harmony parts suitable for beginner violin.

(See also our beginner violin music by mail order)

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Violins Start Here

Print your violin part and return to enjoy playing duets with the online accompaniment! 

Violins Start Here - 1 / Violin & Piano (Flash audio)
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 Notes used: open D and A strings

Pitch notation reminder
Plucked rhythm warm-ups

I'm On My way!
Delightful 'D'!
Here Comes the Band
Fancy Dancing?

View "Warm-up" page

Violins Start Here - 1 / Piano accompaniment
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Violins Start Here -2 / Violin & Piano
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1st Position. Notes used: D, E, F# on D string

Pitch notation reminder
Plucked rhythm warm-ups

A First Song
Strange Bells
Just Strolling
Merrily

Violins Start Here - 2 / Piano Accompaniment
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Violin and piano scores: These provide simple but attractive accompaniments, clearly set out to make it easy for piano-playing family members, or friends, to make music with the beginner violinist.

Violins Start Here - 3 / Violin & Piano
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1st Position. Notes used: D, E, F# on D string; includes 3/4 time sig.

Pitch notation reminder
Plucked rhythm warm-ups

Get in the Groove!
Come On!
Dancing Partners

Violins Start Here - 3 / Piano Accompaniment
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Violins Start Here - 4 / Violin & Piano

1st Position. Notes used: D, E, F#, G on D string

Pitch notation reminder
Plucked rhythm warm-ups

Ring, Joyful Bells!
Country Dance
Ghostly Voices
Yesterday's Games

Violins Start Here - 4 / Piano Accompaniment
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Violins Start Here - 5 / Violin & Piano
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1st Position. Notes used: D, E, F#, G on D string and open A string

Pitch notation reminder
Plucked rhythm warm-ups

Five Note Fun
Down By the Danube
Stirring the Pudding

Violins Start Here - 5 / Piano accompaniment
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Pitch It Right! (Violin)     
Description: Very simple songs, using the notes D-A,  on the D string, for beginner readers. By request, they can be supplied in transposed versions for playing on other strings. For group use, display the downloaded PDF on a large monitor or electronic whiteboard. Print copies, as required.

They  songs were originally compiled for class teaching and "Using Pitch It Right In the Classroom" notes are available separately, providing pages of games and activities for aural and rhythmic training. This resource is ideal for teachers who adopt an aural approach to early tuition, or who use tonic sol-fa.

Includes:

Things Can Only Only Get Better!

All Fingers - And Feet!

Pardon Me!

Dancing Fingers

This Elephant Did Forget!

"Pitch it Right!" is also available, by Mail Order,  as a pre-printed booklet.

Other Beginner Pieces

First Tunes On The A String / Violin & Piano
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Notes: B & A, on A String

Well, Let's Get Cracking!
Wind & Rain
Strike Up the Band!
Shall We Dance?

 

First Tunes On The A String / Accompaniments
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Sun & Shadows; Sounds Like Sunday! / Violin & Piano
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Sun & Shadows; Sounds Like Sunday! / Violin
1st Position. Notes used: A, B, C#, D on A string, plus open E string

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star / Violin Solo
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1st Position. Notes used: D, E, F#, G, A, B
Creative activity section.

Kirby: Ellie's Lament/ Violin & Piano
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A lyrical little piece  for a dramatic production.

1st Position. Notes used: A, D, E, G, A B, D, E

Melodies from "Stars From the Start"
These little concert pieces, all based on the first five notes of a major scale, can be transposed and played on other strings. They allow the beginner violinist to focus on dynamics and bowing, without the added complication of hand movement.

A Summer Shower
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Notes A, B, C#, D, E

Best of Friends
Notes D, E, F#, G, A

We Just Feel Like Dancing
Notes D, E, F#, G, A

Reassurance
Notes D, E, F#, G, A

Take Your Partners!
Notes A, B, C#, D, E

Hot Cross Buns / Violin Solo
1st Position. Notes used: E - E, in key of A Major. Ideas for improvisation/composition.

Gaelic Scenes / Violin & Piano
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1st Position. Notes used: E - E, in key of A Major

By the River / Violin & Piano

By the River / Violin

"Fireworks" - A Round / Violin

Notes used: D - D, in key of D Major

Sing Hosanna! / Violin
This folk hymn uses a 1-octave D major scale, with the addition of the B below middle C.

Old Country Scenes / Violin & Piano
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Springtime in the Copse (A, B, C#, D, E)

At Work in the Fields (G, A B, C, D)

Harvest Dance (D ,E ,F#,G ,A)

Donning the Tartan / Violin & Piano
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When Old Friends Gather

Thoughts of Home

Taking the Floor

(Notes: G, A, B, D, E, F#, G, A)

 
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