AJR World’s Smallest Violin Tutorial

World’s Smallest Violin by AJR quickly rose to the top of the charts, and even at the time of writing this, it’s still one of the most popular search terms on Google relating to the violin. What better tune to play on the violin than one about violins!

This song is in the key of F Major, meaning that it has one flat, B flat. This means on both the A string and E string, players must use a low 1st finger. The second fingers will also be low on every string. This piece does require some shifting to third position as well. The rhythm also presents some challenges. The best way to figure it out is to subdivide. Subdividing is breaking music down into its smallest parts. The smallest note values in this piece are sixteenth notes, so in order to figure out how long to hold each note, determine how many sixteenth notes go in each one.

Download the sheet music now and watch the tutorial below.