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Free Play Along Lessons

Welcome to  our growing archive of over 500 on-demand video music lessons for students, pros, and teachers. 

Feel free to sample them below, with different styles and songs, easy to advanced.

If you like them, consider getting our searchable play-along directory by donating a buck or any amount you choose.

The directory makes it easy to search for specific lessons (instead of scrolling on Youtube). Your donation goes to charity, helping us provide lessons to students at no cost to them.

When you donate, you’ll also receive audio backing tracks to practice with.

Scroll below to sample videos and learn more.

Enjoy.

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YT_ Alyssa Van Lanen
YT_ Mike Levy 2
YT_ Mike Levy
YT_ Paweł Przewłocki
YT_ Sakari Dixon Vanderveer
YT_ Susan Call Hutchison
YT_Adelle Meagher
YT_Akim
YT_Andrew Merritt
YT_ayman fartak
YT_Chuck Malloch
YT_Davide Mariani
YT_Deb Diemer
YT_Itcis 2
YT_Itcis
YT_jonathan6strings
YT_Lea Hoßbach
YT_Octavius Robinson 8Phoenix8
YT_Paolo Galperti
YT_Patricia Raith
YT_Paul Gibby
YT_Rachel Davies
YT_Rachel Samson
YT_Steve Nagele
YT_trowelstone
YT_trowelstone
YT_Steve Nagele
YT_Rachel Samson
YT_Rachel Davies
YT_Paul Gibby
YT_Patricia Raith
YT_Paolo Galperti
YT_Octavius Robinson 8Phoenix8
YT_Lea Hoßbach
YT_jonathan6strings
YT_Itcis
YT_Itcis 2
YT_Deb Diemer
YT_Davide Mariani
YT_Chuck Malloch
YT_ayman fartak
YT_Andrew Merritt
YT_Akim
YT_Adelle Meagher
YT_ Susan Call Hutchison
YT_ Sakari Dixon Vanderveer
YT_ Paweł Przewłocki
YT_ Mike Levy
YT_ Mike Levy 2
YT_ Alyssa Van Lanen

Our Members Love To Share Their Thoughts

"Such a refreshing way to learn, practice and love the fiddle! I appreciate your online teaching style more than I can say."
Anna Lauer Roy
Anna Lauer RoyFiddle Player
"All of the lessons are age-appropriate and fun. Some are definitely more challenging than others, but our students are not all at the same level - so this is perfect! You're doing a great job helping all of us so much! Thank you, Chris!!"
Darlene Rivest
Darlene RivestOrchestra teacher, long-time member of the Wisconsin Philharmonic
"So cool to have these play-along videos with readymade ideas on different levels! This is a completely new quality of online lessons for me!"
Josef Meier
Josef MeierViolinist
"I don't know of anybody else who teaches improvisation so diligently, thorough and consistently - You have discovered what excitement improvisation can bring and you share it with us all - once again, thank you very much!"
Eugenie van Zyl
Eugenie van ZylViolinist
"Your videos are valuable tools to help me in my teaching classically trained violinists cross over into the improvisational work."
David Blackmon
David BlackmonProfessional Fiddler, Recording Artist, Teacher
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Bluegrass Fiddle, Blues Fiddle, Bossa Nova, D Major (“Classical”), Doo-Wop, Feel Good Pop w/ Southern Soul, Funk Violin, Hot Club Jazz Violin, Hip Hop Songs, Old Time , Latin, Pop Violin Songs, R&B Violin,  Rock Violin, Pop and Rock Violin Videos,  7/4, 6/8, and more.

Cover songs:

Coffin Dance Violin, Violin Play Along Dua Lipa “Don’t Start Now”, BTS Songs on the Violin “Dynamite”,  “Leave Before You Love Me” by Jonas Brothers x Marshmello, How to play Old Town Road on Violin (Old Town Road Violin by Little Nas X, “Oye Como Va” ,”Sir Duke”, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,  “You” by Troye Sivan & DJ Regard, Seniorita Violin (How to Play Seniorita on Violin), Stand by Me Violin, Girls like You Violin… and more!

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Violin Open Strings practice, Rhythm & Pentatonic Scales, Chromatic Scale Violin, Violin Techniques, Violin Bowing Techniques, Teach Suzuki Violin Teaching for Fun & Creativity, Relaxing Play Alongs, Improvisation on Violin, Viola and Cello, Jazz Violin Lessons, How to Play Electric Violin Lessons and Loop Pedal (live), How to Make Musical Loops With A Violin, Solo Violin Improvisations, Jazz Violin Duets, Classic Rock Electric Violin Solos… and more!

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Our Members Love To Share Their Thoughts

"Such a refreshing way to learn, practice and love the fiddle! I appreciate your online teaching style more than I can say."
Anna Lauer Roy
Anna Lauer RoyFiddle Player
"All of the lessons are age-appropriate and fun. Some are definitely more challenging than others, but our students are not all at the same level - so this is perfect! You're doing a great job helping all of us so much! Thank you, Chris!!"
Darlene Rivest
Darlene RivestOrchestra teacher, long-time member of the Wisconsin Philharmonic
"So cool to have these play-along videos with readymade ideas on different levels! This is a completely new quality of online lessons for me!"
Josef Meier
Josef MeierViolinist
"I don't know of anybody else who teaches improvisation so diligently, thorough and consistently - You have discovered what excitement improvisation can bring and you share it with us all - once again, thank you very much!"
Eugenie van Zyl
Eugenie van ZylViolinist
"Your videos are valuable tools to help me in my teaching classically trained violinists cross over into the improvisational work."
David Blackmon
David BlackmonProfessional Fiddler, Recording Artist, Teacher
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Play Along Lessons
for Teachers & Players of all levels

Our violin play-along series features beginner, easy, intermediate and advanced lessons.

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Teachers

These violin practice exercises will show you:

 

  • how to get better at violin by yourself

  • exercises to improve tone on violin

  • improve finger placement

  • have fun during your violin warm up

  • how to become a better violin player

  • what to practice to get better at the violin

  • how to learn to play violin online

These play along violin lessons are violin teaching resources and string pedagogy resources for the online violin teacher, anyone teaching middle school orchestra, or teaching high school orchestra. 

 

How you can use these lessons:

 

  • Unique strategies for teaching strings: building a successful string and orchestra program

  • string orchestra warm ups 

  • string orchestra practice rewards for children

I created these play along violin lessons to help you explore new violin teaching methods, violin teacher resources, middle school string teaching resources, violin teaching aids, string orchestra teaching resources, string orchestra practice, beginning d major scale warm ups for string orchestra, strategies for teaching strings: building a successful strings and orchestra program, string pedagogy aids, and free backing tracks .

Grab your instrument and play along!

Creative Strings is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to positively transform music education through school outreach, teacher training, and online curriculum.