Violin Book with Free Video Lessons
The Violin Fun Book for Young Students
A friendly, step-by-step beginner violin method for young students. The book uses extra-large notation, simplified arrangements, clear diagrams, free YouTube video lessons, and downloadable MP3 play-alongs to help first-time violinists build confidence.
Learn Violin with Miss Sachi
Free video lessons help students follow along at home, in private lessons, or in school orchestra class.
Beginner Violin Method for Kids
A clear first path into violin playing
The Violin Fun Book for Young Students has inspired young string players worldwide for over two decades. From reading notes to posture and bowing, it introduces essential violin skills in a way that feels manageable for children, parents, and teachers.
Why Kids Succeed
Designed for real beginners
The page is now organized like the newer piano, guitar, and ukulele pages, with the practical benefits up front and the lesson support easy to find.
Large, friendly pages
Fewer items per page, big notes, and clear visual pacing help younger students feel successful from the start.
Videos that match the book
Students can watch Miss Sachi demonstrate the same skills and songs they are practicing in the book.
Practice with audio
Downloadable MP3 play-alongs make at-home practice more musical and more engaging.
Free Video and Audio Support
Lessons and play-alongs for home practice
Students can use the YouTube playlist and MP3 tracks as extra support between lessons, whether they are learning with a private teacher, a parent, or a school orchestra director.
Free Violin Lessons with Miss Sachi
The full beginner lesson sequence is organized as a playlist, so students can move through the book step by step.
Click Here for the YouTube Playlist
String Class Friendly
Versions are available for violin, viola, cello, and bass, making the series practical for school string programs and mixed-level beginning orchestras.
Order the Violin Book on AmazonMP3 Play-Along Tracks
Downloadable practice tracks
The audio list is kept in a compact scrollable box so the page remains easy to read on desktop and mobile.
More Instructional Videos
Continue with follow-up violin books
Students who are ready to move beyond The Violin Fun Book can continue with additional video-supported books. Each card below includes the video playlist, the Music Fun Books page, and the Amazon ordering link.
The Intermediate FUNdamental Violin Book
A great follow-up to The Violin Fun Book, featuring extra-large notation, letters inside the note heads, fingerings, bowings, and more.
The Orchestra Violin Fun Book
A second- or third-year book for advancing elementary and middle school violin players, with exercises, solos, duets, and orchestra-style materials.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions from parents and teachers
Who is this book best for?
The Violin Fun Book is designed for young beginners in grades K–5, but it also works well for any first-time violin student.
Where is this book typically used?
It is widely used in school music programs and by private teachers. Parents and students can also follow along at home using the free YouTube tutorials.
What makes this book easier for kids to learn from?
Larger notes, letter names inside the note heads, fewer items per page, and kid-friendly diagrams help beginners succeed quickly.
Does it include online support?
Yes. The book is supported by free 4K YouTube lessons and downloadable play-along MP3 tracks.
Are there books for other string instruments?
Yes. Versions are available for viola, cello, and bass so mixed string classes can play together.
Ready to Start Violin?
Order the complete book on Amazon and use the free online lessons and play-along tracks for extra support.
More Violin Books
Explore more violin books for young students
Families and teachers using The Violin Fun Book can continue with beginner methods, reading support, play-along books, duets, trios, holiday music, patriotic songs, classical themes, and orchestra materials.
Choose a category below to explore related violin books. Each section opens to show book descriptions plus two buttons: Learn More on Music Fun Books and Buy on Amazon.
Best next steps after The Violin Fun Book
These books are especially useful for students who are starting violin, reviewing fundamentals, or moving into the next level.
Best Beginning Violin Book for Kids
Combines two best-selling violin books into one, with extra-large notation, letter names inside the notes, child-centered graphics, and beginner-friendly pacing.
The Violin Fun Book Level 2
A follow-up to the original Violin Fun Book, introducing scales, arpeggios, etudes, piano accompaniment parts, and MP3 play-along tracks.
The Intermediate FUNdamental Violin Book
A practical follow-up book with extra-large notation, letter names inside note heads, fingerings, bowings, and more for progressing students.
My First Violin Fun Book
A first violin book for very young students, with extra-large notation, letters inside note heads, fingerings, coloring pages, and activities.
Really Easy Violin Tunes
A clean, easy-to-see follow-up book with extra-large notation and room for teachers to add bowings, dynamics, and other markings.
The Orchestra Violin Fun Book
A second- or third-year book for advancing elementary and middle school violin players, with exercises, solos, and duets.
Reading support, easy songs, and coloring books
These books help students connect written music to the violin through large notation, limited note sets, familiar songs, and repeated practice.
How to Read Music for the Violin
Helps students learn to read violin notes by using songs with letters inside note heads, followed by the same music without letters.
The Real Book for Beginning Violin Students: A and E Strings
A collection of seventy famous songs for beginning violin students using just six different notes on the A and E strings.
The Real Book for Beginning Violin Students: D and A Strings
A beginner song collection using six notes on the D and A strings, designed for early violin reading and lots of familiar music.
The Real Book for Beginning Violin Students: G and D Strings
A companion real-book style collection for students working on the G and D strings with a limited, beginner-friendly note range.
Violin Song and Coloring Fun Book: A and E Version
Easy songs paired with coloring pages, with each selection shown both with letters inside the note heads and without letters.
Violin Song and Coloring Fun Book: D and A Version
A song-and-coloring collection for young violinists, designed to make early music reading and practice more engaging.
Solos, duets, trios, and ensemble music
Useful for private lessons, group classes, school orchestra programs, recitals, chamber music, and mixed-level ensemble playing.
Easy Beginner Violin Solos with Piano Accompaniment
Traditional beginner songs arranged as easy violin solos with simple piano accompaniments for recitals and lessons.
Easy Violin Duets
Easy and intermediate-level violin duets for advancing players, coordinated with Easy Cello Duets.
Easy Violin Trios
More than seventy easy trios for beginning and intermediate violin players.
Solos, Duets & Trios for Violin: Volume 1
A mixed collection of student violin solos, duets, and trios in classical, bluegrass, patriotic, holiday, and other styles.
Spooky Music for Two Violins
A fun Halloween-style duet book for two violin players, with spooky original pieces and familiar classics.
Irish Duet Fun Book for Violin
Traditional Irish tunes arranged as practical duets that build rhythm, listening, ensemble skills, and musical independence.
Thirty Violin Trios
Thirty violin trios by Wilhelm Wurm for more advanced student ensemble work.
Thirty Trios for 2 Violins & a Cello
Thirty trios by Wilhelm Wurm for two violins and cello, useful for advanced student chamber groups.
Classical, fiddle, patriotic, church, and specialty books
These collections give violin students more styles to explore after they have learned the basics.
Bluegrass Fiddle Fun Book
More than thirty famous bluegrass classics with chord changes for students ready to explore fiddle-style playing.
Classical Solos & Famous Themes for Violin
More than thirty famous classical themes arranged in a comfortable range and key for student violin players.
Fifty Famous Classical Themes for Violin
Fifty important classical themes that students should know, with chord changes for teacher-provided accompaniment.
Fifty Famous Classical Duets for Violin
Classical duets that can mix and match with other string, woodwind, and brass editions to create flexible ensembles.
Mozart Music Fun Book for Violin
More than two dozen famous Mozart themes arranged in a comfortable range and key for student violin players.
Church Hymns for Violin with Piano Accompaniment
Beloved hymns arranged for violin and piano, with a contemporary harmonic approach and online audio MP3s.
Orchestra Folio for Violin
A collection of elementary orchestra arrangements with free online MP3 accompaniment tracks for strings and winds.
Holiday, Halloween, patriotic, and seasonal violin books
Seasonal books are helpful for school programs, studio recitals, holiday lessons, fall performances, and special events.
Christmas Duet Fun Book for Violin
Easy Christmas and Hanukkah duets for lessons, school programs, and festive holiday performances.
Christmas Jazz Violin Sheet Music
Holiday classics arranged with accessible violin melodies and sophisticated jazz-inspired piano accompaniments.
Christmas Duet Fun Book for Violin and Cello
Easy Christmas and Hanukkah duets for violin and cello, designed for students to enjoy playing together.
Christmas Duet Fun Book for Violin and Viola
Holiday duet arrangements for violin and viola, useful for school programs, lessons, and family performances.
Halloween Violin Music for Kids
Spooky original pieces and familiar classics with online MP3 play-along tracks and a Halloween-themed colorable art section.
The Politically Correct Book of Holiday Songs for Violin
Holiday songs for Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Bodhi Day, Winter Solstice, Eid al-Fitr, New Year’s, and Festivus.
Thirty Famous Patriotic Songs for Violin
Patriotic songs for lessons, school events, July Fourth programs, and seasonal performances.
Thirty Famous Patriotic Duets for Violin
Patriotic duet arrangements that can mix and match with other string, woodwind, and brass editions.