Violin for Beginners
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Easy music for the violin, from the absolute beginner's first lesson. All suitable for the 1st year. Download in PDF format (What's PDF?).

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

      PVS001 Violins Start Here - 1 / Piano Score
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 PVS001A  Violins Start Here - 1/ Violin Part
 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?

PVS002 Violins Start Here -2 / Piano Score
Listen
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PVS002A Violins Start Here -2 / Violin Part
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

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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.

PVS003  Violins Start Here - 3 / Piano Score
Listen
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PVS003A  Violins Start Here - 3 / Violin Part

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

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PVS004A   Violins Start Here - 4 / Violin Part
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

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PVS005A  Violins Start Here - 5 / Violin Part
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

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Other Beginner Pieces

PVS025  First Tunes On The A String / Piano Score
First Tunes On The A String:  Listen
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PVS025A  First Tunes On The A String / Violin Part
Notes: B & A, on A String

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

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PVS007  Sun & Shadows; Sounds Like Sunday! / Piano Score
Sun & Shadows; Sounds Like Sunday! / Listen
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PVS007A  Sun & Shadows; Sounds Like Sunday! / Violin Part
1st Position. Notes used: A, B, C#, D on A string, plus open E string

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PVS016  Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star / Violin Solo
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Listen
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1st Position. Notes used: D, E, F#, G, A, B
Creative activity section.

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PRK001  Kirby: Ellie's Lament/ Violin & Piano
Kirby: Ellie's Lament: Listen
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PRK001A  Kirby: Ellie's Lament/ Violin Part

A lyrical little piece  for a dramatic production.

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

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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.

PVS018A    A Summer Shower/ Violin
A Summer Shower: Listen
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Notes A, B, C#, D, E

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PVS019A  Best of Friends? Violin
Best of Friends: Listen
Notes D, E, F#, G, A

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PVS020A  We Just Feel Like Dancing/ Violin
We Just Feel Like Dancing: Listen
Notes D, E, F#, G, A

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PVS021A  Reassurance/ Violin
Reassurance: Listen
Notes D, E, F#, G, A

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PVS022A Take Your Partners!
Take Your Partners!: Listen
Notes A, B, C#, D, E

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More Beginner Pieces

PVS006 Hot Cross Buns / Violin Solo
Hot Cross Buns: Listen
1st Position. Notes used: E - E, in key of A Major. Ideas for improvisation/composition.

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PVS008 Gaelic Scenes / Piano Score
Gaelic Scenes / Violin & Piano : Listen
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PVS008A  Gaelic Scenes/ Violin Part

1st Position. Notes used: E - E, in key of A Major

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PVS009  By the River / Piano Score
By the River / Violin & Piano : Listen

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PVS009A  By the River /Violin Part

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PVS015  "Fireworks" - A Round / Violin
"Fireworks" - A Round: Listen

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

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PVS017  Sing Hosanna! / Violin
Sing Hosanna!: Listen

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

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PVS023  Old Country Scenes / Piano Score
Old Country Scenes / Violin & Piano: Listen
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PVS023A  Old Country Scenes / Violin Part

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)

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PVS024  Donning the Tartan / Piano Score
Donning the Tartan / Violin & Piano: Listen
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PVS024A  Donning the Tartan / Violin

When Old Friends Gather

Thoughts of Home

Taking the Floor

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

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