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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...

Down-bow, up-bow, slur, staccato, pizzicato and more — the marks that tell you how to play, not what to play....

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...

Third position is the first shift up the violin fingerboard and the gateway to higher notes and a warmer tone....

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

Most children do well starting between five and seven, but starting age matters far less than three things that have...

Key signatures govern which notes stay sharp or flat for a whole piece. Here's how to read them on the...