Learn to play violin online. A complete beginning instructional course by a string educator. The resource would also be useful as a home tutor.

In "My Violin," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize a poem about a child who causes problems at home whenever he plays his violin.

Read about the violin, as well as a few other string instruments. Use Windows Media Player or Real Audio to listen to three violin samples. Pictures of the instrument are also provided.

Read "The Violin," a short informational text, and then answer ten reading comprehension questions that follow.

Kids learn about the violin family of musical string instruments on this site. How they work, history, and styles of music are discussed.

What are the main components of this string instrument? Kids learn about the parts of the violin on this site.

After listening to excerpts from four of the violin concertos from "The Four Seasons" by Italian composer and violinist, Antonio Vivaldi, decide which excerpt was meant to go with which season, and also decide where the earth would be in...

This resource describes how William Grant Still (1895-1978 CE) started out playing the violin and then began teaching himself to play other string instruments as well as the oboe, clarinet, and saxophone. His most famous work is...

Learn general information about various string instruments, including the viola and cello, and hear audio clips to hear what these instruments sound like when played.

A description of the viola accompanied by sound files that let you hear what the viola sounds like.

Read about how the viola fits into the string family of musical instruments. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to listen to samples of the viola solo and with the orchestra. There are also pictures of the viola. Does it look like...