Easy Songs To Play On Guitar And Violin

Easy Songs To Play On Guitar And Violin

I’ve complied 10 of my favorite easy violin songs for brand new beginners. These are songs that I teach all of my violin students. You’ll also find that all of these easy to play songs come with easy violin sheet music PDFS! You can view all fo the sheet music here. If you want to download and print my complete book, “Easy Songs for Violin, ” you can get it for free! Just sign up for my newsletter below and I’ll send you the free easy violin sheet music PDF as well as some other freebies!

First let’s start off with a picture of all the notes, their names, and their finger numbers for every string on the violin. This will help you when it comes to learning easy beginner violin songs.

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Almost all of these easy violin songs will have what I call the standard finger pattern for violin. The standard finger pattern is the first finger pattern you learn, in which there’s a whole step in between 1st and 2nd finger and a half step in between 2nd and 3rd finger. That means 2nd and 3rd fingers will touch. We’ll change it up a little bit towards the end!

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Okay, let’s start talking about the best violin songs for beginners! We’ll start off with some easy to recognize songs that are perfect if you are just starting to learn violin.

I know every method book and teacher starts off Hot Cross Buns. There’s a reason! This song is super easy to play on the violin since it only uses two fingers. You can literally start playing it in less than a few minutes, even if you know nothing about the violin!

It will start on 2nd finger. Make sure you “prepare” your fingers by building up to 2nd finger. I’ll show you how. You can play Hot Cross Buns on any string, the finger numbers and pattern will be the exact same.

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I suggest playing these with pizzicato (plucking the strings) if you are a brand new beginner. That way you can focus on the left hand. This is a great violin plucking song if you are just starting out.

This is another really easy violin song for beginners because it also only uses 2 fingers. You can play the entire song with just your 1st finger, 2nd finger and an open string. Try playing this easy violin song on any string, the finger patterns will be the same. Keep playing pizzicato if you are a violin beginner. This is another great violin plucking song for brand new violinists.

Now to a really fun and easy song that sounds great on the violin! Boil Them Cabbage is a wonderful easy violin folk song that is super easy to play, but has a lot of room for adding in fun things like double stops and tags (extra notes at the end). This is one of those easy violin songs that sounds impressive as you get it faster and faster. Let’s start with the sheet music!

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In this song, you’re going to start using your third finger. Remember, the third finger will go right next to 2nd finger. Again, you can play this super easy fiddle song on any string, it’s the same finger pattern. I also suggest starting off playing this pizzicato so it is another violin plucking song!

This is another popular song to play on the violin. This great easy violin folk song is the first song in which we start playing on two different strings. If you need help with string crossings, watch this.

As you start playing this easy to learn violin song, I want you to try and start leaving fingers down if you can. Think about those first two measures. There’s no reason to lift off your 2nd finger in between measure one and two. Just leave the 2 down and put the 3 right next to it. As you leave fingers down, you might start to have trouble with your left hand fingers hitting other strings. Watch this video to solve those problems!

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In this fun little violin folk tune, you’ll start using eighth notes more. Eighth notes are twice as fast as quarter notes. Learn more about music theory here.

Ode to Joy is one of the best easy to learn violin songs for beginners. This is when you really start getting into classical style pieces. You can start using longer bows and more weight to get a good tone. When you get comfortable using lots of bow with a good tone, this is one of those easy violin songs that sounds impressive.

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I suggest using 4th finger when you can. Don’t wait to introduce this finger. Using 4th finger will help you get a straight wrist. Here’s some tips on getting that pesky pinky in tune.

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This has to be one of the funnest easy violin songs to play. Once you learn it, try getting it faster and faster and faster. It will sound really impressive and you won’t stop playing your violin!

If you want a complete tutorial on this song, this is one of the many song tutorials in my Complete Beginner’s Violin Course.

This sweet little violin folk song is so much fun to play on the violin, and it’s very easy to learn. This song is in 3/4 time. It might be one of the first times you’ve seen this time signature in beginner violin sheet music. It’s just three beats in a measure instead of 2 or 4, but you’ll notice songs with this time signature have a lilting, dance-like quality to them. Enjoy one of my favorite easy violin folk songs!

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Next in our list of 10 best easy violin songs for beginners is one of my favorites, Buffalo Gals. This easy violin folk song has one tricky little rhythm, but if you know how it goes, it will be fun and easy to play. I love this song because it’s an easy violin song that sounds impressive.

That one tricky measure is in measure 10, where the single eighth note comes first. Just play that single eighth note very quick using a small amount of bow.

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I hope you enjoyed my top 10 best easy violin songs for beginners! When you’re ready, check out these other great violin resources for beginnersEspecially with young students whose ears may fool them when they are at home (yes, there are those students who don't play easily by ear - they tend to be the same ones who don't notice they are singing off-pitch), this sheet serves as a useful guide!

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In addition,  there are four Twinkle versions of sheet music and guitar tabs with not just the melody, but also easy duet parts for your brand-new beginners.

Here is the basic melody, with guitar tabs and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star chords.  Think this is easy for a beginner guitar player?  

Well, for some students, it will be immediately intuitive.  But for some others, you should hold off until you see if they can read simple open strings on guitar tab:

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Do your beginner students know what the letter names over the treble clef music are for?  (The chord symbols, I mean.) I take care to point these out and ask them if they can guess what they are.

What's confusing for beginners is that often a chord symbol is placed over a note with the same name, as does occur several times in the Twinkle Twinkle song, over an A note.

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Now here is a version with a super-easy all open strings harmony for your beginner guitar student!  Twinkle Twinkle Little Star lyrics, chords, and notes and duet tabs:

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This easy teacher/student guitar duet has a satisfying sound - if students use their thumb instead of a pick to play it, the result is a classical guitar sound!  

And using the thumb offers a good opportunity to teach them the REST STROKE, where the thumb or finger presses through to the next string, stopping the motion by coming to rest on that string.  It gives a feeling of control to beginners.

Here is the VERY SAME DUET, but with a line of guitar tablature for the melody, as well, since one of my students couldn't restrain himself from trying to turn the open string harmony part into the melody!  I realized that the music wasn't clear enough:

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And lastly, a violin duet, which will be doable even for non-readers.  Instead of having the main melody on top, the harmony part is on the top staff.  The staccato indicates that the notes are to be played pizzicato...

I recently wrote this open string duet part for a new student.  She happens to play piano as well, so she can read the notes, but even if she couldn't, it wouldn't be hard for her to differentiate the 3 notes used (A, D, and E).  

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Initially, she played it pizzicato (plucking the strings instead of bowing), but she is now bowing the open strings.  Simple though the little duet may be, it is still satisfying to be making music together.

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