Play Violin Right in Your Browser
A full virtual four-string violin with a realistic fretless fingerboard and a sampled violin sound in standard G-D-A-E tuning. Play with your computer keyboard or click the strings, pin notes and scales, and share your pins with a link — no app or account needed.
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Click the violin to play in AI Music Studio.
Computer Keyboard to Violin Strings
The four rows of keys on your keyboard correspond to the four strings of the violin — E, A, D, and G. Each key along a row steps one semitone up the string, so you can play scales and melodies without touching your mouse.
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Hold to Bow
Hold a position or a key to sustain the bowed note, and release to let it ring off. Open Settings for volume, note names, and keyboard labels.
Try a Bowed Note
Pin Notes and Share via URL
Click Pin, then click positions on the fingerboard to tag them. Each note is colour-coded and labelled. Hold Alt to spell a note with a flat instead of a sharp. Your pins are saved in the page URL — copy it to save or share a scale.
Pin a ScaleHow to use the virtual violin
Open the page and play
The violin loads a sampled sound automatically. Click any position on a string or use your computer keyboard to play. Hold to sustain a bowed note. No sign-in, no plugin, no download.
Customise in Settings
Open Settings to show note names or keyboard shortcuts on the strings and to adjust the volume so the violin sits right in your space.
Pin, play, and share
Use Pin mode to tag notes or a scale, then copy the page URL to save or share your pins.
Deep Dive
How the Online Violin Works
The violin plays a real recorded sample, mapped across a standard G-D-A-E tuned four-string fretless fingerboard.
All audio plays locally in your browser. Your playing is never sent to a server.
Why Use This Violin
Realistic Sound
A real recorded violin sample, not a synthesised tone.
Fretless Fingerboard
Four strings tuned in fifths, G D A E, just like a real violin.
Keyboard Play
Four key rows map to the four strings — play scales and double-stops from your keyboard.
Hold to Bow
Hold a key or a position to sustain the note, then release to stop.
Pin Notes & Scales
Tag positions, colour-coded and labelled, then play them back.
Share via URL
Your markings are saved in the URL — copy it to share a scale or passage.
Who Uses It
Who Plays the Virtual Violin
From first-time learners to teachers and composers sketching lines.
No sign-in, no download, no cost. Runs entirely in your browser.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to install anything to play?
No. The violin loads a real recorded sample in your browser and plays it with the Web Audio API. Just open the page and click a string to start.
How do the keyboard shortcuts work?
The four rows of keys on your keyboard correspond to the four violin strings (E, A, D, G from top to bottom). Each key along a row steps one semitone higher up the string. Hold a key to sustain the bowed note and release to stop it.
What does the Settings button do?
Settings lets you choose to show note names or keyboard shortcuts on the strings, and adjust the overall volume of the violin.
What does Pin mode do?
Click Pin, then click positions on the fingerboard to tag them. Each pinned note is colour-coded and labelled with its note name. Press Play or the spacebar to play all pinned notes. Hold Alt while pinning to spell a note with a flat (♭) instead of a sharp (♯).
What tuning does the violin use?
Standard tuning: G D A E from the lowest string to the highest, tuned in perfect fifths — the standard tuning for a violin.
Ready to Play?
Scroll up to the fingerboard, click a string, and start bowing.