Violín

The violin plays melody, but chord progressions are the structure underneath every tune. Here's how to find the chords in...

Modes take the notes of a scale you already know and, by starting on a different note, create seven distinct...

The treble clef is the symbol that unlocks every note on the staff. Here's what it is, why it's called...

The violin can't easily play full chords, so violinists create harmony with double stops — two notes at once. Here's...

The pentatonic scale is five notes that sound musical in almost any order — the violinist's shortcut to improvising with...

Learn one pattern and you can play the major scale in every key on violin. Here's the W-W-H-W-W-W-H formula, how...

First position is the hand placement that unlocks nearly every beginner violin scale and melody. Here's what it is, how...